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Faba

Faba

See also: faba and fába

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Faba f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the Cryptoniscidae family hyperparasites of rhizocephalid barnacles.
  2. (obsolete) The genus Vicia of beans.

Derived terms

from obsolete sense

faba

faba

See also: Faba and fába

Asturian

Noun

faba f (plural fabes)

  1. bean

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin faba.

Noun

faba f (plural fabas)

  1. bean
  2. bean plant

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (bean). Cognate with Faliscan haba (bean), and more distantly with Scots bene, bein (bean), West Frisian bean (bean), Dutch boon (bean), German Bohne (bean), Danish bønne (bean), Icelandic baun (bean), English bean, Russian боб (bob, bean).

Pronunciation

Noun

faba f (genitive fabae); first declension

  1. bean
  2. horse bean
  3. a small object with the shape of a bean.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative faba fabae
genitive fabae fabārum
dative fabae fabīs
accusative fabam fabās
ablative fabā fabīs
vocative faba fabae

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