ribes

ribes

1. plural of riba

From Medieval Latin ribes (“currant”), from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.bes/
• Rhymes: -ibes
• Hyphenation: rì‧bes

ribes m (invariable)

1. currant

• → Mòcheno: ribes

• bersi, serbi

From Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.beːs/, [ˈriːbeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.bes/, [ˈriːbes]

rībēs n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

1. (Medieval Latin) currant

• → Danish: ribs
  • → Icelandic: rifs
• → German: Ribisel (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: ribes
  • → Mòcheno: ribes
• → Norwegian Bokmål: rips
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: rips
• → Translingual: Ribes

From Italian ribes, from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”). Distant doublet of ruab (“potato”).

ribes m

1. currant

• “ribes” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.