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-.

Noun

rúibric f (genitive singular rúibrice, nominative plural rúibricí)

rubric, heading

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

Synonyms

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ruibric”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rúibric”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “rúibric” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “rúibric” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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