different between dib vs sib

English

Etymology 1

Verb

dib (third-person singular simple present dibs, present participle dibbing, simple past and past participle dibbed)

1. To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
2. To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.

See also

• dibbing
• dibber
• dibble
• dibs

Noun

dib (plural dibs)

1. A dibber (gardening tool)
2. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.

Etymology 2

Verb

dib (third-person singular simple present dibs, present participle dibbing, simple past and past participle dibbed)

1. (Scouting) Alternative form of dyb

Anagrams

• BID, DBI, IBD, IDB, bid

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *t?p.

Noun

dib (definite accusative dibi, plural dibl?r)

1. bottom

2. root, base

3. lower part
4. deep (a long way inside; situated far in or back)

5. (mining) face (as in coalface)
6. (colloquial) hymen

   Synonym: q?zl?q p?rd?si

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?i?b). Compare Moroccan Arabic ???? (d?b), Egyptian Arabic ???? (d?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?p/

Noun

dib m (plural djieb)

1. wolf

   Synonym: lupu

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dib/

Noun

dib (nominative plural dibs)

1. depth

Declension

Derived terms

• dibik
• dibot

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

From Middle English sib, from Old English sibb (“related, akin, sib”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjaz (“related”), from Proto-Indo-European *seb?-, *sweb?- (“one's own”). Cognate with West Frisian besibbe (“related”), Middle Dutch sibbe (“related”), Middle Low German sibbe (“related”), Middle High German sippe (“related”), Icelandic sifi (“related”).

Adjective

sib

1. Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; having affinity; being akin; kindred.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sib, sibbe, from Old English sibb (“relationship; gossip; friendliness, kindness; love, friendship, peace, concord, unity, tranquility; peace of mind; a relative, kinsman, kinswoman”), from Proto-West Germanic *sibbju, from Proto-Germanic *sibj? (“kinship”), from Proto-Indo-European *seb?-, *sweb?- (“one's own”).

Cognate with West Frisian sibbe (“relative, family member”), Dutch sibbe (“sib”), German Sippe (“tribe, clan”), Icelandic sifjar (“in-laws”), Latin suus (“one's own”).

Noun

sib (plural sibs)

1. Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
2. A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:

     But she got up to go, and Domenico obeyed me too in mock meekness, making himself sib and coeval to Hortense, submissive to frowning elder brother, something incestuous in it.

3. A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
4. (biology) Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
5. A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor

Derived terms

• sibling
• sibred

Related terms

• gossip

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English *sibben, *sibbien, from Old English sibbian (“to make peace; rejoice”), from Proto-Germanic *sibj?n? (“to reconcile”), Proto-Indo-European *seb?-, *sweb?- (“one's own”). Cognate with German sippen (“to be in relationship with, become related to”).

Verb

sib (third-person singular simple present sibs, present participle sibbing, simple past and past participle sibbed)

1. (transitive) To bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly; reconcile.

Etymology 4

From the abbreviation SIB, or self-injurious behavior, a behavior found in autism.

Verb

sib (third-person singular simple present sibs, present participle sibbing, simple past and past participle sibbed)

1. (intransitive, clinical psychology) To engage in repetitive behaviors such as eye-poking, skin-picking, hand-biting, or head-banging.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• BSI, IBS, IBs, bis, bis-

Old High German

Alternative forms

• sipf, siph

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sibi. Cognate with Old English sife.

Noun

sib n

1. sieve

Descendants

• Middle High German: sib, sip; (West Central German) sif
  • German: Sieb, Sip
  • Luxembourgish: Siff

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *swiswis (compare Welsh chwichwi), a reduplicated form of *sw?s (“you, ye”), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?iv?/

Pronoun

sib

1. you (nominative plural), ye
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19^c20

   Synonym: síi

Related terms

• sibsi (emphatic)
• sissi (emphatic)

Descendants

• Irish: sibh
• Manx: shiu
• Scottish Gaelic: sibh