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English

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Etymology

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From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

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riba (uncountable)

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

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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

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riba f (plural ribes)

  1. coast, shore
    Synonyms: vora, costa
  2. edge
    Synonym: marge
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Etymology 2

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

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riba f (plural ribes)

  1. currant, gooseberry
    Synonym: grosella
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Fula

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riba ka

  1. (Adamawa) benefit, profit

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

Galician

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Etymology

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

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riba f (plural ribas)

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

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riba

  1. up

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Hausa

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

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

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r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)

  1. bank interest, usury

Etymology 2

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

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

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r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)

  1. profit
  2. benefit, gain, advantage

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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riba

  1. to lap: to hold as in one's lap; to rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.
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Etymology 2

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

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riba (plural riba-riba)

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

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Japanese

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Romanization

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riba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of リバ

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Related to Lithuanian ribė́ti (to sparkle), raibas (speckled).[1][2] 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)

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  • (ri) IPA(key): [rʲɪˈbɐ]
  • (ba) IPA(key): [ˈrʲɪbɐ]

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ribà f (plural rìbos) stress pattern 4 [3]

  1. boundary[4] (dividing line or location between two areas)
    šaliẽs ribà - frontier, border
  2. limit[4]
  3. narrow clearing in a forest[5]
  4. beaten path separating two meadows[5]

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  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[1], 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

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Etymology 1

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

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

  1. (anatomy) lap
    Synonym: pangku
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

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

  1. (Islam) interest, usury
    Synonym: bunga
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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: riba

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

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

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riba f

  1. interest (the price of credit)

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Occitan

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Etymology

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

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riba f (plural ribas)

  1. shore, bank
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Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Spanish arriba.

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riba

  1. upon
  2. above
  3. on

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin ripa.

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  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

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riba f (plural ribas)

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

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riba

  1. above
    Synonyms: acima, arriba

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

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

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

  1. fish (animal)
    grabežljiva ribapredator 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.
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  3. (slang) (ribica, diminutive) vagina

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Further reading

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  • riba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

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ríba f

  1. fish

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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
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Further reading

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin rīpa.

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

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riba f (plural ribas)

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

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

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riba class IX (plural riba class X)

  1. interest
  2. greed, avarice; usury

Yoruba

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Etymology

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

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rìbá

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

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