herba
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Catalan erba, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈeɾ.bə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈer.bə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈeɾ.ba/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Noun[edit]
herba f (plural herbes)
Derived terms[edit]
- herba adventícia
- herba de la marfuga
- herba de la ràbia
- herba de la taca
- herba de les set sagnies
- herba de l’esparver
- herba de sang
- herba de Sant Benet
- herba de Sant Cristòfol
- herba de Sant Jordi
- herba de Sant Pelegrí
- herba de Sant Robert
- herba de Sant Roc
- herba de Sant Segimon
- herba de Santa Sofia
- herba del bàlsam
- herba del mal gra
- herba del pastell
- herba dels canonges
- herba desinflamatòria
- herba disentèrica
- herba d’olives
- herba escombrera
- herba fetgera
- herba gatera
- herba sabonera
- herbassar
- herbat
- herbera
- mala herba
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “herba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “herba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “herba” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “herba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
herba (accusative singular herban, plural herbaj, accusative plural herbajn)
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese erva (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin herba. Cognate, among others, with Portuguese erva and Spanish hierba.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
herba f (plural herbas)
- herb (plant lacking wood)
- Synonym: planta
- weed
- grass
- Synonym: grama
- (uncountable) grass, herbage, pasture
- Synonym: pasto
Derived terms[edit]
- herba doce
- herbal (“meadow”)
- herbeira (“meadow”)
- Herbosa
- Penerbosa
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “herba” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
References[edit]
- “erva” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “erva” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “herba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “herba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “herba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈher.ba/, [ˈhɛrbä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈer.ba/, [ˈɛrbä]
Audio (Classical) (file) Audio (Ecclesiastical) (file)
Noun[edit]
herba f (genitive herbae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | herba | herbae |
| Genitive | herbae | herbārum |
| Dative | herbae | herbīs |
| Accusative | herbam | herbās |
| Ablative | herbā | herbīs |
| Vocative | herba | herbae |
Synonyms[edit]
- (grass, herb): grāmen
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “herba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “herba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- herba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- herba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the vegetable kingdom: arbores stirpesque, herbae stirpesque (De Fin. 5. 11. 33)
- the crop is in the blade: messis in herbis est (Liv. 25. 15)
- your crop is still green, i.e. you are still far from your ambition: adhuc tua messis in herba est (proverb.)
- the vegetable kingdom: arbores stirpesque, herbae stirpesque (De Fin. 5. 11. 33)
- herba in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Leonese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
herba f
References[edit]
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