criba

See also: cribá

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Noun

criba f (plural cribes)

1. sieve

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from cribar (“to sieve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɾi.βɐ]

Noun

criba f (plural cribas)

1. (agriculture) winnow

   Synonym: xoeira

2. sieve

   Synonyms: baruto, bortel, peneira

Related terms

• cribar
• cribeiro
• cribo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “criba”, 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), “criba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “criba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

criba

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾiba/ [ˈkɾi.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: cri‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin crībum (attested in some late glosses), from Latin crībrum.

Noun

criba f (plural cribas)

1. sieve
2. sifting; sifting out process

Derived terms

• criba de Eratóstenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

criba

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

Further reading

• “criba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024