erba

See also: Erba, èrba, érba, and erba'

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English herb.

Noun

erba m (plural erbys)

1. herb

   Synonym: losowen

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrba/
• Hyphenation: er‧ba
• Rhymes: -ɛrba

Noun

erba f (plural erbe)

1. alternative form of arba

References

• “erba, arba, arbi” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Italian

Alternative forms

• herba (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin herba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛrba
• Hyphenation: èr‧ba

• Audio:

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Noun

erba f (plural erbe)

1. grass
2. herb

   erba medicinale ― medicinal herb

3. (slang, invariable) marijuana

Derived terms

• aderbare
• diserbare
• erba cipollina
• erba gatta
• erba medica
• erba miseria
• erbaccia
• erbaceo
• erbario
• erbicida
• erbivoro
• erborinato
• erborista
• erboristeria
• erboristico
• erboso
• l'erba del vicino è sempre più verde

Related terms

• diserbante
• diserbare
• tagliaerba
• tosaerba
• punto erba

Anagrams

• Arbe, bare, ebra, reba

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese erva.

Noun

erba

1. grass

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *arbiją

Proto-Germanic *-ijô

Proto-Germanic *arbijô

Proto-West Germanic *arbijō

Old High German arbeo

Middle High German erbe

German Erbebor.

Kashubian erba

Borrowed from German Erbe. Compare Slovincian arba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛrba
• Syllabification: er‧ba

Noun

erba m pers

1. heir, inheritor

Declension

Declension of erba

	singular	plural
nominative	erba	erbòwie/erbë
genitive	erbë	erbów/erb
dative	erbie	erbóm
accusative	erbã	erbów/erbë
instrumental	erbą	erbama
locative	erbie	erbach
vocative	erba/erbò	erbòwie/erbë

Derived terms

verb

• erbòwac

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “dziedzic”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “erba”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Noun

erba f (oblique plural erbas, nominative singular erba, nominative plural erbas)

1. grass

Descendants

• Occitan: èrba

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin herba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).

Noun

erba f (plural erbas)

1. grass

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

erba

1. to inherit