turba

See also: turbá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turba.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾ.bə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾ.ba/

Noun

turba f (plural turbes)

1. crowd

Further reading

• “turba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Estonian

Noun

turba

1. genitive singular of turvas

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tourbe, from Old High German zurf.

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. peat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin turba.

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. mob

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /túɽ.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tɪ́ɽ.bàː]

Noun

turbā̀ f (possessed form turbàr̃)

1. path, track, lane

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ba/
• Rhymes: -urba
• Syllabification: tùr‧ba

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

turba

1. inflection of turbare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

From Latin turba.

Noun

turba f (plural turbe)

1. crowd, throng
2. mob

Anagrams

• bruta

Latin

Etymology 1

Probably from Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē, “tumult, disorder, turmoil”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”); related to English storm.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ba/, [ˈt̪ʊrbä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ba/, [ˈt̪urbä]

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

turba f (genitive turbae); first declension

1. turmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl

   Synonyms: rebellio, seditio, inquies, concursus, inquiētūdō, perculsus, tumultus

   Antonyms: quies, otium, tranquillitas, serenitas, pax

2. mob, crowd, throng

   Synonyms: multitūdō, grex

3. multitude

   Synonym: multitūdō

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Lucas 9:16:

     acceptis autem quinque panibus et duobus piscibus respexit in caelum et benedixit illis et fregit et distribuit discipulis suis ut ponerent ante turbas

     Then [Jesus] took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	turba	turbae
Genitive	turbae	turbārum
Dative	turbae	turbīs
Accusative	turbam	turbās
Ablative	turbā	turbīs
Vocative	turba	turbae

Related terms

• turbāmentum
• turbātē
• turbātiō
• turbātor
• turbātrix
• turbātus
• turbēlae
• turbellae
• turben
• turbidē
• turbidus
• turbinātiō
• turbinātus
• turbineus
• turbō
• turbula
• turbulentē
• turbulenter
• turbulentō
• turbulentus

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: turba
• → Galician: turba
• Italian: turba
• → Portuguese: turba
• Sicilian: turba
• → Spanish: turba
• → Middle Welsh: twryf, turvf, turyf, twrf, twrw, twrwf, tyryf
  • Welsh: twrf
• → Middle Welsh: torf
  • Welsh: torf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.baː/, [ˈt̪ʊrbäː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ba/, [ˈt̪urbä]

Verb

turbā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of turbō

References

• “turba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “turba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• turba 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)
• turba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the lictors clear the way: lictores summovent turbam (Liv. 4. 50)
    
• turba in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “turba”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “turba”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtuʁ.bɐ/ [ˈtuɦ.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtuʁ.bɐ/ [ˈtuɦ.bɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾ.bɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtuʁ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtuɻ.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾ.bɐ/ [ˈtuɾ.βɐ]

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. crowd, throng
2. mob

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:turba.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin turbāre, present active infinitive of turbō.

Verb

a turba (third-person singular present turbă, past participle turbat) 1st conj.

1. to rage, go mad

Conjugation

    conjugation of turba (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a turba
gerund			turbând
past participle			turbat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	turb	turbi	turbă	turbăm	turbați	turbă
	imperfect	turbam	turbai	turba	turbam	turbați	turbau
	simple perfect	turbai	turbași	turbă	turbarăm	turbarăți	turbară
	pluperfect	turbasem	turbaseși	turbase	turbaserăm	turbaserăți	turbaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să turb	să turbi	să turbe	să turbăm	să turbați	să turbe
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		turbă			turbați
	negative		nu turba			nu turbați

Derived terms

• turbare

Related terms

• tulbura
• tulbure
• turbăciune
• turbină
• perturba

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾba/ [ˈt̪uɾ.β̞a]

• Audio (Peru)

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• Rhymes: -uɾba
• Syllabification: tur‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin turba.

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. mob

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French tourbe, from Old High German zurf.

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. peat

Derived terms

• turbero
• turbera
• turboso

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

turba f

1. feminine singular of turbo

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

turba

1. inflection of turbar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “turba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Zaghawa

Noun

turba

1. graveyard

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad