lib

See also: Lib, LIB, līb, lib., and Lib.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

Abbreviation for various words beginning in lib-.

Noun

lib (countable and uncountable, plural libs)

1. liberal

   own the libs

2. liberation

   women's lib

3. library
4. libertarian

Further reading

• lib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English libbe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English lybb (“medicine, drug, potion, poison, charm”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *lubją (“wort, herb, drug, poison”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lewb- (“to peel, break, damage”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, remove, prune, separate”). Cognate with German Luppe, Lüppe (“salve, ointment, plant juice, medicine, magic”), Icelandic lyf (“medicine, drug”).

Noun

lib (plural libs)

1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A potion; magic potion; charm.

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English libben, related to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch lubben (“to castrate, emasculate”), Dutch libbe (“a steer”), lubbert (“a eunuch”). Further relation uncertain. Possibly related to Old English *lybbian (“to doctor”), from lybb (see above); or perhaps related to Old English lappa, læppa (“lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district”). More at lop.

Verb

1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals).

Related terms

• glib
• libbert
• libbet

Anagrams

• bil

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪp]
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Verb

1. second-person singular imperative of líbit

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French libre (“free”). 

Adjective

lib

1. free

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Irish

Pronoun

lib

1. Galway form of libh

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lībą.

Noun

līb m or n

1. life
2. livelihood
3. body
4. monastic life

Declension 1

Declension of līb (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	līb	lība
accusative	līb	lība
genitive	lībes	lībo
dative	lībe	lībum
instrumental	lību	—

Declension 2

Declension of līb (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	līb	līb
accusative	līb	līb
genitive	lībes	lībo
dative	lībe	lībum
instrumental	lību	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: līp, līph, līf, līb
  • Alemannic German: Liib
  • Central Franconian: Liev, Leiv

    Hunsrik: Leib

    Luxembourgish: Läif, Leif

  • German: Leib
  • Vilamovian: łaowa
  • Yiddish: לײַב (layb)

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲivʲ/

Pronoun

lib

1. second-person plural of la

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Volapük

Noun

lib (nominative plural libs)

1. freedom

Declension

declension of lib

	singular	plural
nominative	lib	libs
genitive	liba	libas
dative	libe	libes
accusative	libi	libis
vocative 1	o lib!	o libs!
predicative 2	libu	libus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only