serba

From serbo +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈserba/

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• Rhymes: -erba
• Syllabification: ser‧ba

serba (accusative singular serban, plural serbaj, accusative plural serbajn)

1. Serbian (of or pertaining to the Serb people or their culture)

From classical form of sarwa, from Sanskrit सर्व (sarva, “every”). Doublet of sarwa, serba, seru, and serua.

• IPA^(key): [sərˈba]
• Hyphenation: sêr‧ba
• Rhymes: -ba, -a

serba

1. various; in every aspect; multi-

   Synonyms: sama sekali, sarwa, segala

• “serba”, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛrba
• Hyphenation: sèr‧ba

serba

1. feminine singular of serbo

serba f (plural serbe)

1. female equivalent of serbo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

serba

1. inflection of serbare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• sabre

serba m

1. genitive singular of serbs

From Sanskrit सर्व (sarva, “all, every, whole”).

• IPA^(key): /sər.ba/
• Rhymes: -ba, -a
• Hyphenation: ser‧ba

serba

1. all; completely; in every aspect; multi- (Used before an adjective or noun to indicate completeness or variety).

   Perabot di rumahnya serba baharu. ― The furniture in his house is all new.

   Dia berasa serba salah dengan keputusannya. ― She felt completely wrong about her decision (i.e., she was in a dilemma).

• `Serba` is a particle that functions as a prefix to form compound adjectives or adverbs. It is not typically used as a standalone word.

• "serba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• sărba

Inherited from Latin servāre, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”).

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a serba (third-person singular present serbează, past participle serbat) 1st conjugation

1. to celebrate
2. to keep (a holiday)

• celebra, sărbători

• serbare

• sărbătoare

Probably from an Old Spanish form *suerba, from Vulgar Latin *sorba, feminine singular formed from the plural of sorbum.

serba f (plural serbas)

1. sorb (fruit)

• “serba”, 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