garbe

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See also: Garbe, garbé, garbė, and garbë

Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Singularized plural from variant garbë, from Proto-Albanian *gar-ibā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (to burn). Cognate to Proto-Slavic *gъrnъ (oven, pot).[1]

Noun[edit]

garbe f (definite garbja)

  1. flowerpot; pot or jug with a broken neck
  2. chamber pot, bedpan

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “garbe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 109

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

garbe

  1. inflection of garbar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with English garb.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

garbe

  1. dress, fashion, garb
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 5-6:
      an na plaine garbe o' oure yola talke,
      and in the simple dress of our old dialect,

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 41