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garba
garba
See also: garbá
Italian
Verb
garba
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Old High German garba (“sheaf”), from Proto-Germanic *garbō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab; gather up; rake”).
Noun
garba f (genitive garbae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) A sheaf: a unit of arrows, grain, etc.
- c. 1300,, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
- Garba asseris constat ex triginta peciis.
- The sheaf of arrows [lit. shafts] is formed from thirty pieces.
- Garba asseris constat ex triginta peciis.
- c. 1300,, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | garba | garbae |
| genitive | garbae | garbārum |
| dative | garbae | garbīs |
| accusative | garbam | garbās |
| ablative | garbā | garbīs |
| vocative | garba | garbae |
References
- GARBA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- “garba” in Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowing from German Garbe (“yarrow”) (now only in the compound Schafgarbe), from Proto-Germanic *garwō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡarba/
Noun
garba f
Declension
Declension of garba
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | garba | garbje | garby |
| Genitive | garby | garbowu | garbow |
| Dative | garbje | garboma | garbam |
| Accusative | garbu | garbje | garby |
| Instrumental | garbu | garboma | garbami |
| Locative | garbje | garboma | garbach |
Synonyms
- kimjel
Derived terms
- garbowina