ibis

English

Wikipedia

3 ibis

Etymology

From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (ibis), from Egyptian

hby (hîbu) (compare Coptic hibôi, hip).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈaɪ.bɪs/

Noun

ibis (plural ibises or ibides or ibes)

1. Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae. They have long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 1

     It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.

Translations

Threskiornithid

• Arabic: ابو منجل (ar) (ʔabu minjal) m

  Egyptian Arabic: ابو قردان (ʔabu ʔirdān) m

• Egyptian: hb

• Finnish: iibis (fi)
• French: ibis (fr)
• German: Ibis (de) m
• Japanese: とき (ja) (toki)

• Korean: 따오기 (ttaogi)
• Latin: ībis (la) m
• Navajo: tsídiidaashiyishí
• Ngarrindjeri: tloperi
• Polish: ibis (pl) m
• Russian: ибис (ru) (íbis) m
• Spanish: ibis (es) m

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /i.bis/, X-SAMPA: /i.bis/

Noun

ibis m (plural ibis)

1. ibis

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Italian

Noun

ibis m (invariable)

1. ibis

Derived terms

• ibis eremita

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Latin

ībis

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈiː.bis/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἶβις (ibis), from Egyptian hby:

Noun

ībis (genitive ībis); f, third declension

1. ibis (wading bird)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ībis	ībēs
genitive	ībis	ībium
dative	ībī	ībibus
accusative	ībem	ībēs 1
ablative	ībe	ībibus
vocative	ībis	ībēs

¹ May also be ībīs.

Descendants

English: ibis French: ibis Italian: ibis

Romanian: ibis Spanish: ibis

Etymology 2

Inflected form of eō (“go, proceed”).

Verb

ībis

1. second-person singular future active indicative of eō

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Old Irish

Verb

ibis

1. third-person singular preterite absolute of ibid

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

ibis m

1. ibis (bird)

Declension

    declension of ibis

	singular	plural
nominative	ibis	ibisy
genitive	ibisa	ibisów
dative	ibisowi	ibisom
accusative	ibisa	ibisy
instrumental	ibisem	ibisami
locative	ibisie	ibisach
vocative	ibisie	ibisy

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Tagalog

Noun

ibis

1. pagkaibis : relief from pain

Verb

ibis

1. maibsan : to be relieved from
2. ibisan : to unload