corb
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corb (plural corbs)
- A basket used in coal mines, etc.; a corf.
- (architecture) An ornament in a building; a corbel.
- A brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “corb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Noun edit
corb m (plural corbs, feminine corba)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin curvus. Doublet of corbo (“hunchbacked”). First attested in the 14th century.[2]
Adjective edit
corb (feminine corba, masculine plural corbs, feminine plural corbes)
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References edit
- “corb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- ^ “corb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- ^ “corb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “corb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “corb” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Megleno-Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin corvus[1].
Noun edit
corb m
References edit
- Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. Compare Aromanian corbu, Albanian korb, Italian corvo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corb m (plural corbi)
- raven (bird)
- 1852, Vasile Alecsandri, Novac și corbul, chapter II, line 14-17:
- Un corb negru, corbișor
Ce zbura încetișor
Și din aripi tot bătea
Și cu jale croncănea.
E-atras de doliul sarcastic
Ce-l poartă aripile tale!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1852, Vasile Alecsandri, Novac și corbul, chapter II, line 14-17:
- brown meagre (fish)
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References edit
- corb in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)