different between abb vs arb

English

Etymology

From Middle English abb, from Old English ?web, ?b, ?web, from away + web (“warp thread”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

1. A type of yarn for the warp.
2. A rough wool from the inferior parts of the fleece, used for the woof or weft. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
3. (Britain) A filling pick used in weaving.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• B.B.A., BBA, bab

Irish

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abbadh, nominative plural abbaí)

1. Obsolete spelling of ab (“abbot”)

Mutation

Livonian

Alternative forms

• a'b (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *api.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b/

Noun

abb

1. help

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ap, abb, from Latin abb?s, from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father”).

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abb, plural abbyn)

1. (Christianity) abbot

Old Irish

Noun

abb m

1. Alternative spelling of ap

Inflection

Mutation

Scots

Pronunciation

• (Orkney) IPA^(key): /ab/, /?b/

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

1. (countable) impediment, hindrance, objection

Verb

abb (third-person singular present abbs, present participle abbin, past abbt, past participle abbt)

1. to hinder

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)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.
   • 2005, Adam Zang, Jendrey Julie, Chris Mason, Carleton College

     Just don't be too scared when you hear rumors of sacrificial ceremonies in the Arb […]

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.

Anagrams

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

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• ar b’ (superseded)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

Related terms

References

• "arb" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arpa.

Noun

arb

1. lot, fate, destiny