رَبَّ to tend / to be lord / to rear (contextual) in Arabic
رَبَّ is how you say “to tend / to be lord / to rear (contextual)” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
و﴿قَالَ رَبَّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ﴾
And he said, My Lord, because You have led me astray, I will surely make what is on the earth appear attractive to them, and I will lead them all astray.
رَبَّ my Lord
A vocative address to God, 'my Lord', whose ending shows the special called-upon form. The address noun takes the accusative shape that vocatives use, marking it as the one being spoken to.
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وَرَبَّ نَظْرَةٌ لَمْ تَنَاظَرْ
Many a glance was not reciprocated.
وَرَبَّ and many a
Two pieces fuse: wa- ('and') tying this to the prior line, and a classical particle meaning 'many a'. That particle is special: it expresses 'how many a...' while forcing the noun after it into the 'of...' ending. So it sets up a wistful 'many a glance...'.
قَالَ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَا رَبَّ مَنْ أَهْلَكَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ أَهْلُكَ،
Moses, peace be upon him, said: "O Lord, who destroyed those who are Your people?"
رَبَّ Lord
This is the noun being addressed, 'Lord', taking the special address (vocative) form right after the call-particle. Being singled out and called to is what gives it its ending here. It identifies the One Moses appeals to.