rúibric

Irish

Alternative forms

• ruibhric (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠuːbʲɾʲɪc/

Noun

rúibric f (genitive singular rúibrice, nominative plural rúibricí)

1. rubric, heading

   Synonyms: ceannscríbhinn, ceannteideal

Declension

Declension of rúibric (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative rúibric rúibricí vocative a rúibric a rúibricí genitive rúibrice rúibricí dative rúibric rúibricí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an rúibric na rúibricí genitive na rúibrice na rúibricí dative leis an rúibric don rúibric leis na rúibricí

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ruibric”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rúibric”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rúibric”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rúibric”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025