rebbi

rebbi (plural rebbis)

1. Alternative form of rebbe.

Childish alteration of refur, since children sometimes have difficulties with the "f" and the "b" sounds.

rebbi m (genitive singular rebba, nominative plural rebbar)

1. (childish or endearing) fox

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “rebbi”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

rebbi m

1. plural of rebbio

• birbe, ebbri

• IPA^(key): /rˤəbːi/

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic ربي (rabbī, “God”), from Arabic رَبِّي (rabbī, “my Lord”).

rebbi m

1. God

• Rebbi, Ṛebbi
• Reppʷi, Ṛeppʷi
• Rpʷi, Ṛpʷi

rebbi m (plural irebbiten)

1. god, deity

• ṛebbi
• reppʷi, ṛeppʷi
• rpʷi, ṛpʷi

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic ربا (rabba).

rebbi (verbal noun irebba or trebga or arebbi)

1. to raise, to rear, to train (person, animal)

• ṛebbi

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

• räbbi (Salaca)

From Proto-Finnic *repäinen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreˀbːi/, [ˈreˀbːi]

re’bbi

1. fox

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “re’bbi”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra