- reub
- reub, riabtear, wound, Irish reubaim, réabaim, Early Irish rébaim, rép-gaeth, rending wind: *reibbo-, root reib, English reap, ripe, and rip(?). Stokes gives the stem as *reip-nó-, root reip of Greek $$Ge$$'reípw, dash down, Latin rîpa, English rive, rift, Norse rifna, rumpi, rífa, break. Gaelic reubainn, rapine, leans for its form and force on Latin rapina. Welsh rheibio, seize, is from Latin rapio.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.