different between gibel vs gimel

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 withdrawn, retiring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

English

Etymology

From Hebrew ????? (gimel); ultimately from Proto-Semitic word for a weapon which was debatably either a staff sling or a throwing stick.

Noun

gimel (plural gimels)

1. The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Anagrams

• Gleim

Finnish

Noun

gimel

1. gimel (third letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

From Hebrew ?????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??im?l]
• Rhymes: -?l
• Hyphenation: gi?mel

Noun

gimel (plural gimelek)

1. gimel (the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

Declension