garba

Verb

garba

1. third-person singular present indicative of garbare
2. second-person singular imperative of garbare

Anagrams

• braga

Etymology

From Old High German garba (“sheaf”), from Proto-Germanic *garbō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab; gather up; rake”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡar.ba/

Noun

garba f (genitive garbae); first declension

1. (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.

References

• garba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “garba”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Etymology

Borrowed from German Garbe (“yarrow”) (now only in the compound Schafgarbe), from Proto-Germanic *garwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡarba/

Noun

garba f

1. caraway

Verb

garba

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of garbar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of garbar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of garbar.