riba

See also: RIBA

English

Etymology

From Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban).

Noun

riba (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

coast

Derived terms

ribatge
ribera

Etymology 2

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

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

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.

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈriβa̝/

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

(dated, geography) bank
(dated, geography) shore

Derived terms

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

Adverb

riba

up

Derived terms

aínda por riba
por riba
por riba de

Related terms

arriba

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

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

Noun

r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)

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)

profit
benefit, gain, advantage

Indonesian

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)

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

Lithuanian

Etymology

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”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Declension

declension of riba

	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

References

“ribėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “ráibas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I–II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
“riba” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
“riba” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
“riba”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023

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)

(anatomy) lap
Synonym: pangku

Derived terms

komputer riba
ribaan

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)

(Islam) interest, usury
Synonym: bunga

Descendants

Indonesian: riba

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

riba f

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 (file)

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

shore, bank

Related terms

ribièra

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish arriba.

Preposition

riba

upon
above
on

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ripa.

Pronunciation

(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)

high, steep bank
Synonyms: arriba, ribança, ribanceira

Adverb

riba

above
Synonyms: acima, arriba

Derived terms

ribança, ribanceira
ribeiro, ribeirão, ribeirinho

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rîba/
Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба)

fish (animal)
grabežljiva riba ― predator fish
(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.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
(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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rìːba/

Noun

ríba f

fish

Inflection

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

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

Derived terms

Ribadesella
Ribadavia
Ribagorza

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

riba (n class, plural riba)

interest
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

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

Derived terms

ẹgbẹ́ agbóguntirìbá (“anti-corruption organization”)

[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, volume 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.

[vm2012-4] “riba” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

[lkz-5] “riba”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023

riba

English

Etymology

Noun

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Adverb

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Lithuanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

See also

Descendants

Further reading

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Occitan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Papiamentu

Etymology

Preposition

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Adverb

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension