gibel

See also: Gibel and гибель

English

Etymology

German Gibel, Giebel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪbəl/

Noun

gibel (plural gibels)

  1. Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio).

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Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ɡibel/, [ɡi.β̞e̞l]

Noun

gibel inan

  1. liver

Declension

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 withdrawn, retiring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], volume 1 (overall work in Spanish and French), 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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