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Asturian
Noun
criba f (plural cribes)
- sieve
Galician
Etymology 1
Back-formation from cribar (“to sieve”).
Pronunciation
Noun
criba f (plural cribas)
- (agriculture) winnow
- Synonym: xoeira
- sieve
- Synonyms: baruto, bortel, peneira
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “criba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “criba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “criba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
criba
- inflection of cribar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾiba/
- Rhymes: -iba
- Syllabification: cri‧ba
Etymology 1
Inherited from Late Latin crībum (attested in some late glosses), from Latin crībrum.
Noun
criba f (plural cribas)
- sieve
- sifting; sifting out process
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
criba
- inflection of cribar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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