Arabic - English Dictionary رُبَّما
Root: ر ب ب م ا
من المحتمل، وهي مركَّبة من (رُبَّ) و (ما) الكافة، تدخل على المعارف، وعلى الأفعال، وقد تخفَّف فيقال : رُبَما
🇬🇧 Translation:
Perhaps/Maybe; composed of (rubba) and the prohibitive (ma), it is prefixed to definite nouns and to verbs, and is sometimes lightened to: rubama.
Example / Citation:
- " رُبَّما حضر الغائب
- ربّما عليٌّ قادم "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " rubbama hadara al-gha'ib (Perhaps the absent one has arrived)
- rubbama 'aliyyun qadimun (Perhaps Ali is coming) "