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herba

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See also: herbá, hèrba, and ħerba

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan erba, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).

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Noun

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herba f (plural herbes)

  1. herb
  2. grass
  3. (slang) marijuana

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From herbo +‎ -a.

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Adjective

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herba (accusative singular herban, plural herbaj, accusative plural herbajn)

  1. grassy, herbal (of or pertaining to grass)

Galician

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Herba, A Herbeira, Cedeira
Herba, A Herbeira, Cedeira

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese erva (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin herba. Cognate, among others, with Portuguese erva and Spanish hierba.

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Noun

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herba f (plural herbas)

  1. herb (plant lacking wood)
    Synonym: planta
  2. weed
  3. grass
    Synonym: grama
  4. (uncountable) grass, herbage, pasture
    Synonym: pasto

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Latin

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Etymology

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Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-dʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”), and compared to grāmen (“grass, turf”) and English grass. However, de Vaan is skeptical of this derivation, preferring to reconstruct *gʰreh₁- as *ǵʰreh₁- instead, noting that *gʰer-dʰ cannot be derived from *ǵʰreh₁-, and leaves the origin open.[1]

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Noun

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herba f (genitive herbae); first declension

  1. grass, herbage
  2. herb
  3. weeds
  4. plant

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative herba herbae
genitive herbae herbārum
dative herbae herbīs
accusative herbam herbās
ablative herbā herbīs
vocative herba herbae

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “herba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282

Further reading

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  • “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.)
  • herba in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Leonese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin herba.

Noun

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herba f

  1. grass

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Malay

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Etymology

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From English herb, from Middle English herbe, erbe, from Old French erbe (French herbe), from Latin herba.

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herba (Jawi spelling هربا, plural herba-herba)

  1. A herb:
    1. Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
    2. A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
    3. (botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.

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