ribe

See also: Ribe

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”), related to ribín (“ribbon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾˠɪbʲə/[1][2]

Noun

ribe m (genitive singular ribe, nominative plural ribí)

  1. (anatomy) hair (single strand), eyelash, whisker
  2. bristle
  3. (botany) blade (of grass)

Declension

Declension of ribe (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ribe ribí
vocative a ribe a ribí
genitive ribe ribí
dative ribe ribí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ribe na ribí
genitive an ribe na ribí
dative leis an ribe
don ribe 		leis na ribí

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 136, page 71
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 375, page 127

Further reading

Italian

Noun

ribe

  1. a type of rice

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

ribe

  1. alternative form of ruby

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”), related to ribín (“ribbon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrˠipə/

Noun

ribe m (genitive singular ribe, plural ribeachan)

  1. trap, snare
  2. hair (a single hair)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ribe

  1. inflection of riba:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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