arba

See also: Arba, árba, ârba, and arbą

English

Noun

arba (plural arbas)

1. Alternative spelling of araba.

Anagrams

• Raab, arab, ABAR, Abra, abra, abar, Abar, bara, Baar, Arab, raab

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

arba ?

1. branch

Corsican

Alternative forms

• erba, arbi

Etymology

From Latin herba. Cognates include Italian erba and French herbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarba/
• Hyphenation: ar‧ba
• Rhymes: -arba

Noun

arba f (plural arbe)

1. grass

References

• “arba” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• Mathée Giacomo-Marcellesi (1997), Corse, LINCOM, →ISBN, page 3

Lithuanian

Etymology

ar̃ (“or”) +‎ bà (“or”). Related to older aba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐrˈbɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɐ
• Syllabification: ar‧bà

Conjunction

arbà

1. or

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from the feminine of Latin albus. Compare Sicilian arba, Italian alba.

Noun

arba f (plural arbe)

1. dawn

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish araba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ba/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arba
• Syllabification: ar‧ba

Noun

arba f

1. (historical) araba

   Hypernym: wóz

Declension

Declension of arba

	singular	plural
nominative	arba	arby
genitive	arby	arb
dative	arbie	arbom
accusative	arbę	arby
instrumental	arbą	arbami
locative	arbie	arbach
vocative	arbo	arby

Further reading

• “arba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arba/

Noun

arba m (plural ddrari or irban, feminine equivalent tarbat, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴱⴰ)

1. child, boy, son

   Synonyms: axčiw (Ketama), lɛayel (Seddat)

   A irban! ― Oh boys!

Declension

Inflection of arba

	singular	plural
free state	arba	ddrari, irban
annexed state	urba	ddrari, irban

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[3], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[4], Paris, France: HAL

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *arbiją

Proto-West Germanic *arbī

Old High German erbi

Middle High German erbe

German Erbebor.

Slovincian arba

Borrowed from German Erbe. Compare Kashubian erba and Silesian erb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ba/
• Rhymes: -arba
• Syllabification: ar‧ba

Noun

arba m inan

1. inheritance; heritage; legacy; bequest (property that is bequeathed and inherited)

Derived terms

nouns

• arbórka
• arbórz

verbs

• arbac impf

Related terms

nouns

• arbarztwô

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “ãrbă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[5] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 6