gibel

See also: Gibel and гибель

English

Etymology

From German Gibel, Giebel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

gibel (plural gibels)

1. Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio).

Synonyms

• (Carassius gibelio): Cyprinus gibelio

References

• “gibel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• bilge, blige

Basque

Alternative forms

• bigel (Upper Navarre)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡibel/ [ɡi.β̞el]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ibel, -el
• Hyphenation: gi‧bel

Noun

gibel inan

1. liver

Declension

Declension of gibel (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	gibel	gibela	gibelak	gibelok
ergative	gibelek	gibelak	gibelek	gibelok
dative	gibeli	gibelari	gibelei	gibeloi
genitive	gibelen	gibelaren	gibelen	gibelon
comitative	gibelekin	gibelarekin	gibelekin	gibelokin
causative	gibelengatik	gibelarengatik	gibelengatik	gibelongatik
benefactive	gibelentzat	gibelarentzat	gibelentzat	gibelontzat
instrumental	gibelez	gibelaz	gibelez	gibelotaz
innesive	gibeletan	gibelean	gibeletan	gibelotan
locative	gibeletako	gibeleko	gibeletako	gibelotako
allative	gibeletara	gibelera	gibeletara	gibelotara
terminative	gibeletaraino	gibeleraino	gibeletaraino	gibelotaraino
directive	gibeletarantz	gibelerantz	gibeletarantz	gibelotarantz
destinative	gibeletarako	gibelerako	gibeletarako	gibelotarako
ablative	gibeletatik	gibeletik	gibeletatik	gibelotatik
partitive	gibelik	—	—	—
prolative	gibeltzat	—	—	—

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 withdrawn, retiring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 (1905–1906), “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.”
• R. L. Trask (2008), “gibel”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 205
• “gibel”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
• “gibel”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]