ribes

See also: Ribes

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Noun

ribes

1. plural of riba

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ribes (“currant”), from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.bes/
• Rhymes: -ibes
• Hyphenation: rì‧bes

Noun

ribes m (invariable)

1. currant

Derived terms

• ribes nero
• ribes rosso

Descendants

• → Mòcheno: ribes

Anagrams

• bersi, serbi

Latin

Etymology

From Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.beːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.bes]

Noun

rībēs n or f (genitive rībēs or rībis); indeclinable, variously declined, third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) currant
   • 1531 (written a. 1300), Ioannes Serapio Arabs, translated by Abrahamus Iudaeus et Symon Ianuensis, edited by Otho Brunfelsius, De Simplicibus Medicinis‎^[1], CCXXXI. De Ribes, page 155:

     DE RIBES [...] Ribes est frigida & sicca, stringit ventrem, extinguit choleram, acuitatem sanguinis.

     On the currant ... The currant is cold and dry; it constricts the belly [and] gets rid of cholera [and] sharpness of blood.

   • 1546, In Antidotarium Ioannis filii Mesuae Censura‎^[2], Lyon: apud Ioannem et Franciscum Frellonios fratres, CCVI. Rob de ribes &c., page 400:

     De Ribes. Ribes, sive (secundum Stephanum) Ribesum, non est hoc arbustum, cuius fructu in Italia falso pro vero ribes, omnes vtuntur pharmacopôlae.

     On the Currant. The Currant, or (according to Stephanus) Ribesum, is not that tree whose fruits all the pharmacists in Italy use falsely instead of the true currant.

   • 1549, Mesue, Grabadin, Quod est aggregatio vel antidotarium electuariorum & confectionum & aliarum medicinarum compositarum‎^[3], Venice: apud Iuntas, page 109:

     vocatur ubiq[ue] locorum syrupus seu iuleb de ribes[...]

     Syrup or julep of the currant is referred to in all parts [of this book]...

   • 1611, Daniel Sennert, Institutiones Medicinae‎^[4], archived from the original on 2025-07-09, liber V, pars III, sectio III, caput X:

     Frutus molliores, ut cerasa, baccae ribes, berber. mala armeniaca, persica, pyra moschatellina, et similia, quae molliora sunt, vel saccharo calente aut melle perfunduntur, vel iisdem immersa conquuntur, donec fructuum humiditate absumta saccharum et mel suam consistentiam recipiat; atque usui servantur.
     [...] paranturque inprimis e succo sine expressione parato, puriore et defecatiore cydoniorum, pomorum, pyrorum, ribium.

     Softer fruits, like cherries, currant berries, barberries, apricots, peaches, musk pears, and similar ones, which are softer, are soaked in hot sugar or honey, or are cooked [while] submerged in them, until the fruits' moisture is absorbed and the sugar and honey take on its consistency, and these are kept for use.
     ... and they are mainly prepared from unsqueezed, pure, and clarified juice of quinces, apples, pears, [or] currants.

Declension

When not indeclinable: Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	rībēs	rībēs
genitive	rībis	rībium
dative	rībī	rībibus
accusative	rībem	rībēs rībīs
ablative	rībe	rībibus
vocative	rībēs	rībēs

Descendants

• → Danish: ribs
  • → Icelandic: rifs
• → German: Ribisel (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: ribes
  • → Mòcheno: ribes
• → Norwegian Bokmål: rips
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: rips
• → Translingual: Ribes

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Italian ribes, from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”). Distant doublet of ruab (“potato”).

Noun

ribes m

1. currant

References

• “ribes” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.