arb

See also: ARB and Arb.

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)b

Noun

arb (countable and uncountable, plural arbs)

1. (finance, trading) The act of or potential for arbitrage.
2. (countable, finance, trading) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
3. (countable, informal) An arboretum.
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Verb

arb (third-person singular simple present arbs, present participle arbing, simple past and past participle arbed)

1. (finance, trading, transitive) To engage in arbitrage.

Derived terms

• arbable
• arber
• sharbing

 

Anagrams

• Rab, Bra, ABR, bra, bar-, bar, BAR, RBA, Bar, abr., Bar.

Irish

Alternative forms

• ar (used before consonant sounds)
• ar b’ (superseded)

Particle

arb (copular form used before adjective, adverb, or pronoun beginning with vowels)

1. Introduces an indirect relative clause; present/future tense

   duine arb ionann é agus gach duine eile ― a person who is the same as everyone else

   duine arb as an mbaile céanna leat féin é ― a person who is from the same town as yourself

   an fear arb é a mhac an t-iascaire ― the man whose son is the fisherman

Related terms

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms Present/future Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses is ní an nach Direct relative clauses nach Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach Past/conditional Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Present subjunctive Affirmative Negative gura, gurabv nára, nárabv		Compound copular forms Base word Present/future Past/conditional cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv dá dá mba, dá mb’v de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv má más má ba, má b’v mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv ó (prep.) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv ó (conj.) ós ó ba, ó b’v trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arpa.

Noun

arb

1. lot, fate, destiny

Declension

Inflection of arb (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	arb
genitive sing.	arban
partitive sing.	arbad
partitive plur.	arboid
	singular	plural
nominative	arb	arbad
accusative	arban	arbad
genitive	arban	arboiden
partitive	arbad	arboid
essive-instructive	arban	arboin
translative	arbaks	arboikš
inessive	arbas	arboiš
elative	arbaspäi	arboišpäi
illative	arbaha	arboihe
adessive	arbal	arboil
ablative	arbalpäi	arboilpäi
allative	arbale	arboile
abessive	arbata	arboita
comitative	arbanke	arboidenke
prolative	arbadme	arboidme
approximative I	arbanno	arboidenno
approximative II	arbannoks	arboidennoks
egressive	arbannopäi	arboidennopäi
terminative I	arbahasai	arboihesai
terminative II	arbalesai	arboilesai
terminative III	arbassai	—
additive I	arbahapäi	arboihepäi
additive II	arbalepäi	arboilepäi