gibel

See also: Gibel and гибель

English

Etymology

German Gibel, Giebel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪbəl/

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 (Navarrese)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɡibel/, [ɡi.β̞e̞l]

Noun

gibel inan

1. liver

Declension

Declension of gibel (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gibel	gibela	gibelak
ergative	gibelek	gibelak	gibelek
dative	gibeli	gibelari	gibelei
genitive	gibelen	gibelaren	gibelen
comitative	gibelekin	gibelarekin	gibelekin
causative	gibelengatik	gibelarengatik	gibelengatik
benefactive	gibelentzat	gibelarentzat	gibelentzat
instrumental	gibelez	gibelaz	gibelez
inessive	gibeletan	gibelean	gibeletan
locative	gibeletako	gibeleko	gibeletako
allative	gibeletara	gibelera	gibeletara
terminative	gibeletaraino	gibeleraino	gibeletaraino
directive	gibeletarantz	gibelerantz	gibeletarantz
destinative	gibeletarako	gibelerako	gibeletarako
ablative	gibeletatik	gibeletik	gibeletatik
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 withdrawn, retiring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.”
• “gibel” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
• “gibel” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
• "gibel" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus