ريباس

Arabic

ريباسRheum ribes
ريباسRibes rubrum

Alternative forms

  • رِيبَاج (rībāj)

Etymology

From Persian ریواس (rivâs), ریباس (ribâs), ریواج (rivâj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riː.baːs/

Noun

رِيبَاس • (rībās) m

  1. Syrian rhubarb (Rheum ribes)
  2. currant (Ribes gen. et spp.)
    Synonym: كِشْمِش (kišmiš)
    Hyponyms: عِنَب الذِئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb), عِنَب الثَعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab), كِشْمِش أَسْوَد (kišmiš ʔaswad)

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Catalan: arrivez
  • Medieval Latin: ribes, ribesium
    • Danish: ribs
    • German: Ribisel (see there for further descendants)
    • Italian: 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 (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 (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 513
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