ريباس

Arabic

Alternative forms

رِيبَاج (rībāj)

Etymology

From Persian (rivâs), (ribâs), (rivâj).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /riː.baːs/

Noun

رِيبَاس • (rībās) m

Syrian rhubarb (Rheum ribes)
currant (Ribes gen. et spp.)
Synonym: كِشْمِش (kišmiš)

Hyponyms: عِنَب الذِئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb), عِنَب الثَعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab), كِشْمِش أَسْوَد (kišmiš ʔaswad)

Declension

Declension of noun **رِيبَاس** (rībās)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رِيبَاس rībās	الرِّيبَاس ar-rībās	رِيبَاس rībās
nominative	رِيبَاسٌ rībāsun	الرِّيبَاسُ ar-rībāsu	رِيبَاسُ rībāsu
accusative	رِيبَاسًا rībāsan	الرِّيبَاسَ ar-rībāsa	رِيبَاسَ rībāsa
genitive	رِيبَاسٍ rībāsin	الرِّيبَاسِ ar-rībāsi	رِيبَاسِ rībāsi

Descendants

→ Old Catalan: arrivez
→ Medieval Latin: ribes, ribesium
- → Danish: ribs
  - → Icelandic: rifs
- → German: Ribisel (see there for further descendants)
- → Italian: ribes
  - → Mòcheno: ribes
- → Norwegian: rips
- → Translingual: Ribes

References

كشمش on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
ريباس on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 357–358
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ريباس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 513