adarve

== Old Spanish == === Alternative forms === adarbe === Etymology === From Andalusian Arabic الدَّرْب (ad-dárb), from Arabic دَرْب (darb, “path, pass, way”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈdaɾβe/ === Noun === adarve m wall walk, allure (protected pathway on a wall of a city or castle) ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: adarve == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧dar‧ve === Etymology 1 === From Andalusian Arabic الدَّرْب (ad-dárb), from Arabic دَرْب (darb, “path, pass, way”). ==== Noun ==== adarve m (plural adarves) (architecture, military) wall walk, allure (protected pathway on a wall of a city or castle) Synonyms: caminho de ronda, andaime defense wall === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== adarve inflection of adarvar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “adarve”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “adarve”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “adarve”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 adarve on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈdaɾbe/ [aˈð̞aɾ.β̞e] Rhymes: -aɾbe Syllabification: a‧dar‧ve === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish adarve, adarbe, from Andalusian Arabic الدَّرْب (ad-dárb), from Arabic دَرْب (darb, “path, pass, way”). ==== Noun ==== adarve m (plural adarves) defense wall wall walk, allure (protected pathway on a wall of a city or castle) dead end Synonym: callejón sin salida (historical) alley to people's housing (in medieval Muslim cities, closed at night) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== adarve inflection of adarvar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “adarve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025