silba

See also: silbá

Gothic

Romanization

silba

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *silpë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsilːpa/

Noun

silba

1. silver

Inflection

Even a-stem, lb-lbb gradation
Nominative	silba
Genitive	silbba
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	silba	silbbat
Accusative	silbba	silbbaid
Genitive	silbba	silbbaid
Illative	silbii	silbbaide
Locative	silbbas	silbbain
Comitative	silbbain	silbbaiguin
Essive	silban
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person silban silbame silbamet 2nd person silbat silbade silbadet 3rd person silbas silbaska silbaset

Derived terms

• ealˈlisilba

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilba/ [ˈsil.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -ilba
• Syllabification: sil‧ba

Etymology 1

Deverbal from silbar.

Noun

silba f (plural silbas)

1. whistling; booing

Etymology 2

Verb

silba

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

Further reading

• “silba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16