רִיבָה, (רָבָה) young woman, maiden. Yeb. 59ᵇ מעשה בר׳ אחת וכ׳ it happened to a girl in Hithlu; Tosef. Nidd. I, 9; Nidd. 9ᵇ; Y. ib. I, beg. 48ᵈ; ib. 49ᵇ bot. Gen. R. s. 49 (play on רבה, Gen. XVIII, 20) דינה של ר׳ אינו מניח וכ׳ the case of the girl (that was put to death by fire because she performed a charitable deed) lets me not be silent; Snh. 109ᵇ על עיסקי ר׳ on account of the affairs concerning that girl; a. e.—Pl. רִיבוֹת. Shek. VIII, 5 Var., v. רִבּוֹא h.