different between gibe vs gibel

English

Noun

gibe (plural gibes)

1. Alternative spelling of gybe
2. Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”)

Verb

gibe (third-person singular simple present gibes, present participle gibing, simple past and past participle gibed)

1. Alternative spelling of gybe
2. Alternative spelling of jibe

Anagrams

• Geib, IBGE

Spanish

Verb

gibe

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of gibar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of gibar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of gibar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of gibar.

English

Etymology

German Gibel, Giebel.

Noun

gibel (plural gibels)

1. The Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio.

Synonyms

• (Carassius gibelio): Cyprinus gibelio

Anagrams

• bilge, blige

Basque

Alternative forms

• bigel (Upper Navarrese)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /?i.bel/

Noun

gibel inan

1. liver

Declension

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 withdrawn, retiring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] (in Spanish and French), volume 1, 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, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “gibel” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus