riba

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English

Etymology

From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun

riba (uncountable)

  1. (Muslim finance): interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

  1. coast
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”).

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

  1. currant, gooseberry
    Synonym: grosella
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References

Fula

Noun

riba ka

  1. (Adamawa) benefit, profit

References

  • Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)‎ (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese riba, from Latin ripa (“bank”).

Pronunciation

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

  1. (dated, geography) bank
  2. (dated, geography) shore

Derived terms

Adverb

riba

  1. up

Derived terms

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References

  • “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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

Noun

r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)

  1. bank interest, usury

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ), but the long ī suggests an intermediate, perhaps Fula riiba.

Pronunciation

Noun

r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)

  1. profit
  2. benefit, gain, advantage

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay riba, from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriba/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

riba (first-person possessive ribaku, second-person possessive ribamu, third-person possessive ribanya)

  1. (Islam) interest, usury.
    Synonyms: bunga, renten

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

riba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of リバ

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to Lithuanian ribė́ti (“to sparkle”), raibas (“speckled”). 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

Noun

ribà f (plural rìbos) stress pattern 4

  1. boundary (dividing line or location between two areas)
    šaliẽs ribà - frontier, border
  2. limit
  3. narrow clearing in a forest
  4. beaten path separating two meadows

Declension

Declension of ribà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
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

Derived terms

(Adjectives)

See also

References

  1. ^ “ribėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  2. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “ráibas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch‎, volumes I–II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
  3. ^ “riba” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “riba” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 “riba”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

Noun

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)

  1. (anatomy) lap
    Synonym: pangku
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)

  1. (Islam) interest, usury
    Synonym: bunga
See also

Descendants

  • Indonesian: riba

Further reading

  • “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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɪˈbɑː/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

riba f

  1. interest (the price of credit)

Declension

Declension of riba
Definite feminine gender
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

Etymology

From Old Occitan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

  1. shore, bank

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish arriba.

Preposition

riba

  1. upon
  2. above
  3. on

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ripa.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

  1. high, steep bank
    Synonyms: arriba, ribança, ribanceira

Adverb

riba

  1. above
    Synonyms: acima, arriba

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rîba/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба, diminutive rȉbica, relational adjective rȉbljī)

  1. fish (animal)
    grabežljiva riba ― predator fish
  2. (slang) girl, chick
    • 2007 November 12, Zvonimir Milčec, “Puca kino na staroj streljani u Tuškancu”, in Jutarnji list‎:
      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.
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  3. (slang) (ribica, diminutive) vagina

Declension

Declension of riba
singular plural
nominative rȉba ribe
genitive ribe rȋbā
dative ribi ribama
accusative ribu ribe
vocative ribo ribe
locative ribi ribama
instrumental ribom ribama

Further reading

  • “riba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

Noun

ríba f

  1. fish

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
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

  • “riba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rīpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriba/
  • Rhymes: -iba
  • Syllabification: ri‧ba

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

  1. (obsolete, often found in compound for names of towns) shore; shoreline

Derived terms

Further reading

Swahili

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

Noun

riba (n class, plural riba)

  1. interest
  2. greed, avarice; usury

Yoruba

Etymology

From Hausa r̃ìba, or Hausa r̃ībā̀ ultimately from Arabic رِبًا (riban) or Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ).

Pronunciation

Noun

rìbá

  1. (law) bribery, kickback
    Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, (neologism) ẹ̀gúnjẹ

Derived terms

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