riba

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

riba (uncountable)

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

• Abir, Bair, Bari, Bria, RAIB, abir, abri, bari, rabi

riba

1. river

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈri.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈri.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈri.ba]

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Inherited from Old Catalan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

riba f (plural ribes)

1. coast, shore

   Synonyms: vora, costa

2. edge

   Synonym: marge

• arribar

Borrowed from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”).

riba f (plural ribes)

1. currant, gooseberry

   Synonym: grosella

• (gooseberry): agrassó

• riber

• “riba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “riba”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

riba ka

1. (Adamawa) benefit, profit

• Tourneux, Henry; Daïrou, Yaya (1999), Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)‎^[2] (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023

From Old Galician-Portuguese riba, from Latin ripa (“bank”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈriβa̝/

riba f (plural ribas)

1. (dated, geography) bank
2. (dated, geography) shore

riba

1. up

• aínda por riba
• por riba
• por riba de

• arriba

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “riba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “riba”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “riba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “riba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “riba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

• IPA^(key): /rì.bá/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [rɪ̀.bə́]

r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)

1. bank interest, usury

Ultimately from Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ), but the long ī suggests an intermediate, perhaps Fula riiba.

• IPA^(key): /ríː.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ríː.bàː]

r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)

1. profit
2. benefit, gain, advantage

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈriba/ [ˈri.ba]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ri‧ba

Inherited from Malay riba (“lap”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

riba

1. (obsolete) to lap: to hold as in one's lap; to rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap

Inherited from Malay riba (“usury”), from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

riba (plural riba-riba)

1. (Islam) interest, usury

   Synonyms: bunga, renten

• “riba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

riba

1. Rōmaji transcription of リバ

Related to Lithuanian ribė́ti (“to sparkle”), raibas (“speckled”).^[1][2] The semantic development was likely 'sparkle' > 'a bright path in the forest' > 'boundary'.

A similar semantic progression can be observed in aiškus (“clear, bright”) > aikštė (“clearing; square, plaza”)

• (ribà) IPA^(key): [rʲɪˈbɐ]
• (rìba) IPA^(key): [ˈrʲɪbɐ]

ribà f (plural ri̇̀bos) stress pattern 4 ^[3]

1. boundary^[4] (dividing line or location between two areas)

   šaliẽs ribà - frontier, border

2. limit^[4]
3. narrow clearing in a forest^[5]
4. beaten path separating two meadows^[5]

• (boundary): ežia, siena

(Adjectives)

• beribis
• ribotas

• (limit): galas, pabaiga

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈribə/ [ˈri.bə]
• Rhymes: -bə, -ə
• (/a/-variety, Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈriba/ [ˈri.ba]
• Rhymes: -ba, -a
• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba or riba²)

1. (anatomy) lap

   Synonym: pangku

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba or riba²)

1. (Islam) interest, usury

   Synonym: bunga

• > Indonesian: riba (inherited)

• "riba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*riba”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

• IPA^(key): /rɪˈbɑː/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

riba f

1. interest (the price of credit)

From Old Occitan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈriβo]

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riba f (plural ribas)

1. shore, bank

• ribièra

From Spanish arriba.

riba

1. upon
2. above
3. on

From Latin ripa.

• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

riba f (plural ribas)

1. high, steep bank

   Synonyms: arriba, ribança, ribanceira

riba

1. above

   Synonyms: acima, arriba

• ribança, ribanceira
• ribeiro, ribeirão, ribeirinho

• “riba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “riba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

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

rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба, relational adjective rȉbljī, diminutive rȉbica)

1. fish (animal)

   grabežljiva riba ― predator fish

2. (slang) girl, chick
   • 2007 November 12, Zvonimir Milčec, “Puca kino na staroj streljani u Tuškancu”, in Jutarnji list‎^[3]:

     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.

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3. (slang) (ribica, diminutive) vagina

• “riba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

• IPA^(key): /rìːba/

ríba f

1. fish

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	ríba
gen. sing.	ríbe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ríba	ríbi	ríbe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ríbe	ríb	ríb
dative (dajȃlnik)	ríbi	ríbama	ríbam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ríbo	ríbi	ríbe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ríbi	ríbah	ríbah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ríbo	ríbama	ríbami

• ribji

• “riba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Inherited from Latin rīpa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈriba/ [ˈri.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ri‧ba

riba f (plural ribas)

1. (obsolete, often found in compound for names of towns) shore; shoreline

• “riba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).^[1]

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riba class IX (plural riba class X)

1. interest
2. greed, avarice; usury

From Hausa r̃ìba, or Hausa r̃ībā̀ ultimately from Arabic رِبًا (riban) or Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ).

• IPA^(key): /ɾì.bá/

rìbá

1. (law) bribery, kickback

   Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, (neologism) ẹ̀gúnjẹ