riba
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
riba (uncountable)
- (Muslim finance): interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈri.βə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈri.bə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈri.ba]
Audio (file)
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).
Noun edit
riba f (plural ribes)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”).
Noun edit
riba f (plural ribes)
- currant, gooseberry
- Synonym: grosella
Synonyms edit
- (gooseberry): agrassó
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “riba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “riba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Fula edit
Noun edit
riba ka
References edit
- Tourneux, Henry; Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)[1] (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese riba, from Latin ripa (“bank”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
riba f (plural ribas)
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Adverb edit
riba
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Related terms edit
References edit
- “riba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “riba” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “riba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “riba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “riba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hausa edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)
- bank interest, usury
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ), but the long ī suggests an intermediate, perhaps Fula riiba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay riba, from Arabic رِبًا (riban).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
riba (first-person possessive ribaku, second-person possessive ribamu, third-person possessive ribanya)
Further reading edit
- “riba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
riba
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
Related to Lithuanian ribė́ti (“to sparkle”), raibas (“speckled”).[1][2] The semantic development was likely 'sparkle' > 'a bright path in the forest' > 'boundary'.
A similar semantic progression can be observed in aiškus (“clear, bright”) > aikštė (“clearing; square, plaza”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ribà f (plural rìbos) stress pattern 4 [3]
- boundary[4] (dividing line or location between two areas)
- limit[4]
- narrow clearing in a forest[5]
- beaten path separating two meadows[5]
Declension edit
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | ribà | rìbos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | ribõs | ribų̃ |
dative (naudininkas) | rìbai | ribóms |
accusative (galininkas) | rìbą | ribàs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | ribà | ribomìs |
locative (vietininkas) | ribojè | ribosè |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | rìba | rìbos |
Synonyms edit
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(Adjectives)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ “ribėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “ráibas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I–II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
- ^ “riba” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “riba” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 “riba”, in lkz.lt [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.
Noun edit
riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).
Noun edit
riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)
See also edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: riba
Further reading edit
- “riba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*riba”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
riba f
- interest (the price of credit)
Declension edit
Definite feminine gender | ||||
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Case | Singular | Plural | ||
Nominative | riba | riba | ||
Construct | ribaya | ribayên | ||
Oblique | ribayê | ribayan | ||
Demonstrative oblique | wê ribayê | wan ribayan | ||
Vocative | ribayê | ribayino | ||
Indefinite feminine gender | ||||
Case | Singular | Plural | ||
Nominative | ribayek | ribayin | ||
Construct | ribayeke | ribayine | ||
Oblique | ribayekê | ribayinan |
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
riba f (plural ribas)
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Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
Preposition edit
riba
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ri‧ba
Noun edit
riba f (plural ribas)
- high, steep bank
- Synonyms: arriba, ribança, ribanceira
Adverb edit
riba
Derived terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба, diminutive rȉbica, relational adjective rȉbljī)
- fish (animal)
- grabežljiva riba ― predator fish
- (slang) girl, chick
- 2007 November 12, Zvonimir Milčec, “Puca kino na staroj streljani u Tuškancu”, in Jutarnji list[2]:
- Streljanu današnje generacije znaju samo kao omiljeno kino Tuškanac, gdje smo rado vodili svoje trebe, mačke, ribe, kite i komade i odgledali velik dio svog repertoara vesterna i krimića, gdje se naveliko pucalo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (slang) (ribica, diminutive) vagina
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “riba” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *ryba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ríba f
Inflection edit
Feminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | ríba | ||
gen. sing. | ríbe | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
ríba | ríbi | ríbe |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
ríbe | ríb | ríb |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
ríbi | ríbama | ríbam |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
ríbo | ríbi | ríbe |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
ríbi | ríbah | ríbah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
ríbo | ríbama | ríbami |
Further reading edit
- “riba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
riba f (plural ribas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “riba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
riba (n class, plural riba)
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
From Hausa r̃ìba, or Hausa r̃ībā̀ ultimately from Arabic رِبًا (riban) or Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rìbá
- (law) bribery, kickback
- Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, (neologism) ẹ̀gúnjẹ