riba

See also: RIBA

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English

Etymology

From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun

riba (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Abir, Bair, Bari, Bria, RAIB, abir, abri, bari, rabi

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈri.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈri.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈri.ba]

• Audio:

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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, shore

   Synonyms: vora, costa

2. edge

   Synonym: marge

Derived terms

• ribatge
• ribera

 

Related terms

• arribar

Etymology 2

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

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

1. currant, gooseberry

   Synonym: grosella

Synonyms

• (gooseberry): agrassó

Derived terms

• riber

References

• “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

Noun

riba ka

1. (Adamawa) benefit, profit

References

• Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)‎^[2] (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriβa̝/

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

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

Derived terms

• Riba
• Ribas
• ribada
• Ribada
• ribazo
• ribeira
• Ribeira
• ribeirao
• Ribeiro
• Ribeiroa
• Ribela
• Sorribas
• Surriba
• Surribas

Adverb

riba

1. up

Derived terms

• aínda por riba
• por riba
• por riba de

Related terms

• arriba

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “riba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “riba”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “riba”, 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), “riba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “riba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hausa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rì.bá/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [rɪ̀.bə́]

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

• IPA^(key): /ríː.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ríː.bàː]

Noun

r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)

1. profit
2. benefit, gain, advantage

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈriba/ [ˈri.ba]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ri‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay riba (“lap”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

Verb

riba

1. (obsolete) to lap: to hold as in one's lap; to rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.

Derived terms

• diriba
• meriba
• ribaan

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay riba (“ursury”), from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun

riba (plural riba-riba)

1. (Islam) interest, usury.

   Synonyms: bunga, renten

Further reading

• “riba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

• (ribà) IPA^(key): [rʲɪˈbɐ]
• (rìba) IPA^(key): [ˈrʲɪbɐ]

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

• (boundary): ežia, siena

Derived terms

(Adjectives)

• beribis
• ribotas

See also

• (limit): galas, pabaiga

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riba/
• Rhymes: -iba, -ba, -a

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

• komputer riba
• ribaan

 

See also

• kaki
• siku
• tangan

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

• duit
• hutang
• wang

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; et al. (2023) “*riba”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈriβo]

• Audio:

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Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

1. shore, bank

Related terms

• ribièra

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish arriba.

Preposition

riba

1. upon
2. above
3. on

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ripa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.bɐ/ [ˈhi.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.bɐ/ [ˈhi.bɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.bɐ/ [ˈχi.bɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ba/ [ˈhi.ba]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.bɐ/ [ˈʁi.βɐ]

• 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

• ribança, ribanceira
• ribeiro, ribeirão, ribeirinho

Serbo-Croatian

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^[3]:

     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)

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rìːba/

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

Related terms

• ribji

Further reading

• “riba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rīpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriba/ [ˈri.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ri‧ba

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

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

Derived terms

• Ribadavia
• Ribadesella
• Ribagorza

 

Further reading

• “riba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

riba class IX (plural riba class X)

1. interest
2. greed, avarice; usury

Yoruba

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾì.bá/

Noun

rìbá

1. (law) bribery, kickback

   Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, (neologism) ẹ̀gúnjẹ

Derived terms

• ẹgbẹ́ agbóguntirìbá (“anti-corruption organization”)