gibel

See also: Gibel and гибель

English

Etymology

German Gibel, Giebel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪbəl/

Noun

gibel (plural gibels)

  1. Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio).

Synonyms

References

  • gibel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams


Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Basque *gi- (meat) + *bel (black, dark), with metathesis in Navarrese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡibel/, [ɡi.β̞e̞l]

Noun

gibel inan

  1. liver

Declension

Declension of gibel (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive gibel gibela gibelak
ergative gibelek gibelak gibelek
dative gibeli gibelari gibelei
genitive gibelen gibelaren gibelen
comitative gibelekin gibelarekin gibelekin
causative gibelengatik gibelarengatik gibelengatik
benefactive gibelentzat gibelarentzat gibelentzat
instrumental gibelez gibelaz gibelez
inessive gibeletan gibelean gibeletan
locative gibeletako gibeleko gibeletako
allative gibeletara gibelera gibeletara
terminative gibeletaraino gibeleraino gibeletaraino
directive gibeletarantz gibelerantz gibeletarantz
destinative gibeletarako gibelerako gibeletarako
ablative gibeletatik gibeletik gibeletatik
partitive gibelik
prolative gibeltzat

Adjective

gibel (comparative gibelago, superlative gibelen, excessive gibelegi)

  1. shy, timid
  2. withdrawn, retiring

Adverb

gibel (comparative gibelago, superlative gibelen, excessive gibelegi)

  1. behind

References

  • Azkue, Resurrección María de (19051906), gibel”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary] (in Spanish and French), volume 1, Bilbao, page 345:GIBEL: 1º (c), hígado, foie.”
  • Larramendi, Manuel de (1745) Diccionario trilingue del castellano, bascuence, y latin (in Spanish), volume 1, San Sebastian: Bartholomè Riesgo y Montero, page 425: “Higado, guibelá. lat. Jecur, ris; hepar, tis.”
  • gibel” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  • gibel” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • "gibel" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
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