ribe

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”), related to ribín (“ribbon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ribe m (genitive singular ribe, nominative plural ribí)

  1. (anatomy) hair (single strand), eyelash, whisker
  2. bristle
  3. (botany) blade (of grass)

Declension

Declension of ribe

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ribe ribí
Vocative a ribe a ribí
Genitive ribe ribí
Dative ribe ribí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ribe na ribí
Genitive an ribe na ribí
Dative leis an ribe

don ribe

leis na ribí

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71

Further reading

Italian

Noun

ribe

  1. a type of rice

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

ribe

  1. Alternative form of ruby

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”), related to ribín (“ribbon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ribe m (genitive singular ribe, plural ribeachan)

  1. trap, snare
  2. hair (a single hair)

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ribe

  1. inflection of riba:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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