غبغب

See also: عبعب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ب ب (ḡ-b-b)

Noun

غَبْغَب • (ḡabḡab) m (plural غَبَاغِب (ḡabāḡib))

  1. alternative form of غَبَب (ḡabab)
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ge'ez ገብገብ (gäbgäb) or Old South Arabian.

Noun

غَبْغَب • (ḡabḡab) m (plural غَبَاغِب (ḡabāḡib))

  1. place, particularly a small mountain, where victims were sacrificed in paganism, sacrificial stone
Declension

References

  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1913) “Anzeigen: Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. Hg. von der Generalverwaltung der Kgl. Museen zu Berlin. Bd. IV. Sabaische, griechische, und altabessinische Inschriften. Von Enno Littmann. Mit 6 Tafeln, 1 Karte und 109 Textabbildungen. Berlin 1913. (94 S. Folio.) M. 17.—.”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 67, pages 703–704
  • Wellhausen, Julius (1897) Reste arabischen Heidentumes (in German), Berlin: Georg Reimer, page 103
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.