Galician

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Tools for dressing the flax

Etymology

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Cognate of English rip, from a West Germanic form *rippen,[1] ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ripar (first-person singular present ripo, first-person singular preterite ripei, past participle ripado)

  1. to pluck, to pull out
  2. to dress the flax (scratching it with a heckling comb and plucking the seeds)
  3. to snatch
  4. to scrape together (dough)
  5. to cut or pluck the grass of a field, before planting

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • ripa (dough scraper)
  • ripa maseiras (smooth clam, literally dough recipient's scraper)
  • ripanzo, ripeira, ripo (heckling comb)
  • ripote (piece of bread prepared with scrapings of dough)

References

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  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. ripar.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowing from English rip + -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ri‧par

Verb

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ripar (first-person singular present ripo, first-person singular preterite ripei, past participle ripado)

  1. to rip (all senses)

Conjugation

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Note 1