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riba

riba

See also: RIBA

English

Noun

riba (uncountable)

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ripa.

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

  1. coast

Hausa

Noun

r̃ìba f

  1. bank interest, usury

Noun

r̃ībā̀ f

  1. profit
  2. benefit, gain, advantage

Kurdish

Noun

riba f

  1. interest (the price of credit)


This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at interest. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see riba in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008


Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • (ri) IPA(key): [rʲɪˈbɐ]
  • (ba) IPA(key): [ˈrʲɪbɐ]

Noun

ribà f (plural rìbos) stress pattern 4 [1]

  1. boundary[2] (dividing line or location between two areas)
    šaliẽs ribà - frontier, border
  2. limit[2]

Declension

Synonyms

  • (boundary): ežia, siena

Derived terms

(Adjectives)

See also

References

  1. “riba” in Juozas Balčikonis [et al.] (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  2. 1 2 “riba” in Victoria Martsinkyavitshute (2012), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian, Seventh printing. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-7818-0151-5

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈriβo]

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

  1. shore, bank

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rîba/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба)

  1. fish (animal)
  2. (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.
  3. (slang) ****

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrìːba/
  • Tonal orthography: ríba

Noun

ríba f (genitive ríbe, nominative plural ríbe)

  1. fish

Declension