sorba

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *sorba, formed from the plural of Latin sorbum (compare Portuguese sorva, Spanish serba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsoɾβɐ]

Noun

sorba f (plural sorbas)

1. sorb

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sorba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sorba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sorba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

sor +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃorbɒ]
• Hyphenation: sor‧ba

Noun

sorba

1. illative singular of sor

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sorbea, *sorba, from Latin sorbus (“tree of the genus Sorbus: service tree, rowan, etc.”). Related to sorbo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɔrba
• Hyphenation: sòr‧ba

Noun

sorba f (plural sorbe)

1. rowan

   Synonym: sorbo

Anagrams

• borsa, braso, brasò

Verb

sorba

1. inflection of sorber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative