ibex

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin ībex (“chamois”), from Iberian or Aquitanian; akin to Old Spanish bezerro (“bull”) (mod. becerro (“yearling”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɪbɛks/, X-SAMPA: /"aIbEks/

Noun

ibex (plural ibex or ibexes or ibices)

1. A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex.

Translations

type of wild mountain goat

• Albanian: dhia e shkëmbinjve (sq)
• Armenian: վայրի այծ (hy) (vayri ayc), այծքաղ (hy) (ayckʿał)
• Basque: basahuntz (eu)
• Belarusian: горны альпійскі казел (be) (horny alʹpijski kazjel)
• Breton: kragvouc’h an alpoù (br)
• Bulgarian: козирог (bg) (kozirog)
• Catalan: cabra alpina (ca) f
• Czech: kozorožec (cs)
• Danish: stenbuk (da)
• Dutch: steenbok (nl) m, ibex (nl) m
• Esperanto: ibekso (eo), alpa kapro (eo)
• Estonian: kaljukits (et)
• Faroese: steingeit (fo)
• Finnish: vuorikauris (fi), vuohi (fi)
• French: bouquetin (fr) m
• Friulian: stambec
• Galician: cabra montesa (gl) f
• German: Steinbock (de) m
• Greek: αίγαγρος (el) (aígagros) m
• Hebrew: יעל (he) (ya'él) m
• Hungarian: kőszáli kecske (hu), vadkecske (hu)
• Icelandic: fjallageit (is) f
• Italian: stambecco (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بزنه‌کێوی (ku)

• Ladin: stambech
• Latvian: kalnu āzis (lv)
• Lithuanian: ožiaragis (lt)

• Lower Sorbian: kozyrožk
• Luxembourgish: Steebock (lb) m
• Macedonian: козорог (mk) (kozorog)
• Malay: kambing gurun (ms)
• Maltese: mogħża tal-barr (mt)
• Norwegian: steinbukk (no)
• Occitan: cabra salvatja (oc) f
• Polish: koziorożec (pl)
• Portuguese: cabra alpina (pt) f, cabra brava (pt) f
• Romanian: capra de stâncă (ro), ibex (ro)
• Romansch: capricorn (rm), stambutg (rm)
• Russian: горный альпийский козёл (ru) (górnyj al'píjskij koz'ól) m
• Sami: báktebohkká
• Sardinian: craba de monti (sc), istambeccu (sc)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: козорог (sh) m

  Roman: kozorog (sh) m

• Slovak: kozorožec horský (sk)
• Slovene: kozorog (sl) m
• Spanish: íbice (es) m, ibex (es) m
• Swedish: alpstenbock (sv)
• Turkish: dağ keçisi (tr)
• Ukrainian: гiрский альпiйский цап (uk) (girskij al'pijskij cap), гiрский альпiйский козел (uk) (girskij al'pijskij kozel)
• Upper Sorbian: kozoróžk (hsb)
• Welsh: alpafr (cy)
• West Frisian: stienbok (fy)

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Latin

Etymology

Of Iberian or Aquitanian origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈiː.beks/

Noun

ībex (genitive ībicis); m, third declension

1. chamois

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ībex	ībicēs
genitive	ībicis	ībicum
dative	ībicī	ībicibus
accusative	ībicem	ībicēs
ablative	ībice	ībicibus
vocative	ībex	ībicēs

Descendants

• English: ibex
• Romanian: ibex
• Spanish: íbice