ניב

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Arabic ناب (nāb, “fang”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root
נ־י־ב (n-y-b)
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /niv/

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Noun

נִיב • (niv) m (plural indefinite נִיבִים) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. idiom, saying

   Synonyms: ביטוי (bittúy, “expression”), מטבע לשון (matbéa' lashón, “figure of speech”) (literary)

2. idiom, dialect

   Synonym: לָהָג (láhag, “dialect”)

   ארמית בבלית היא ניב ארמי, שדובר בפי יהודי בבל בין המאה ה־3 והמאה ה־11 לספירה.

   Babylonian Aramaic is an Aramaic dialect, spoken by the Jews of Babylon from the 3rd to the 11th centuries CE.

3. canine tooth, fang

Proper noun

נִיב • (niv) m

1. a male given name

References

• “ניב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• ניב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• בין, בני, בנ״י