rabeca

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

rebeca

Etymology[edit]

From Old French rebec, from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb). Doublet of arrabil and arrabel.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbɛ.kɐ/ [haˈbɛ.kɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbɛ.kɐ/ [χaˈbɛ.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbɛ.ka/ [haˈbɛ.ka]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbɛ.kɐ/ [ʁɐˈβɛ.kɐ]

Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
Hyphenation: ra‧be‧ca

Noun[edit]

rabeca f (plural rabecas)

(music) fiddle (simple, traditional violin)
(music, historical) rebec (an early pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed instrument)
- Charles Murray, Música: descubra as conexões através de perguntas e respostas, Callis Editora, page 17:
  A rabeca que apareceu por volta do séc. X foi o primeiro “violino” com arco e um espigão de madeira ou ferro que assentava no chão. As 3 cordas eram tocadas com um arco. O primeiro “violino” europeu, usado na Idade Média, era pequeno, em forma de pêra - uma variação do rebab - um instrumento árabe.
  The rebec that appeared around the 10th century was the first “violin” with a bow and a wooden or iron endpin that rested on the floor. The 3 strings were played with a bow. The first European “violin”, used in the Middle Ages, was small and pear-shaped - a variation of the rebab - an Arabic instrument.
- 2010, Umberto Eco, Idade Média Bárbaros, cristãos e muçulmanos, Publicações Dom Quixote, page 846:
  Na realidade, a rabeca não é obra de carpintaria, mas escavada num bloco de madeira; é também tangida com arco e tem três cordas.
  In reality, the rebec is not a work of carpentry, but carved from a piece of wood; it is also played with a bow and has three strings.
- 2014, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Como eu Atravessei África - Primeira Parte: A Carabina d'El-Rei, Edições Vercial, page 97:
  Tocava em uma rabeca fabricada por ele, que dava sons tão melodiosos e fortes como o melhor Stradivarius. Este instrumento, mui semelhante em forma às nossas rabecas, era cavado em uma só peça de pau, que formava a caixa e o braço, […]
  He was playing a rebec made by himself, whose sounds were as melodious and strong as those of the best Stradivarius. This instrument, very similar in shape to our own fiddles, was carved from a single piece of wood, which gave shape to the body and the neck, […]

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