gabba

See also: Gabba

English

Noun

gabba (countable and uncountable, plural gabbas)

1. (music) Alternative spelling of gabber

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -apːa

Verb

gabba

1. to befool

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡab.ba/, [ˈɡäbːä]
• Rhymes: -abba
• Hyphenation: gàb‧ba

Etymology 1

Variant forms.

Noun

gabba f (plural gabbe)

1. Alternative form of gabbo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gabba

1. third-person singular present indicative of gabbare
2. second-person singular imperative of gabbare

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këmpë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkabːba/

Noun

gabba

1. white reindeer

Inflection

Even a-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative	gabba
Genitive	gappa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gabba	gappat
Accusative	gappa	gappaid
Genitive	gappa	gappaid
Illative	gabbii	gappaide
Locative	gappas	gappain
Comitative	gappain	gappaiguin
Essive	gabban
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gabban gabbame gabbamet 2nd person gabbat gabbade gabbadet 3rd person gabbas gabbaska gabbaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Old Norse

Verb

gabba

1. (transitive) to mock, to make game of

Related terms

• gabb

Descendants

• Icelandic: gabba
• → Old French: gaber
  • Middle French: gaber
    • French: gaber

References

• “gabba”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press