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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

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 Middle English libbe, from Old English lybb, lyb (“medicine, drug, potion, poison, charm”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubi, from Proto-Germanic *lubj? (“wort, herb, drug, poison”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?-, *lewb- (“to peel, break, damage”), from 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. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A potion; magic potion; charm.

Etymology 3

From Middle English libben, related to 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

lib (third-person singular simple present libs, present participle libbing, simple past and past participle libbed)

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

Related terms

• glib
• libbert
• libbet

Anagrams

• bil

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?p]
• Rhymes: -?p

Verb

lib

1. second-person singular imperative of líbit

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French libre (“free”). 

Adjective

lib

1. free

Irish

Pronoun

lib

1. Galway form of libh

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *l?b.

Noun

l?b m or n

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

Declension 1

Declension 2

Descendants

• Middle High German: l?p, l?ph, l?f, l?b
  • Alemannic German: Liib
  • Central Franconian: Liev, Leiv

    Hunsrik: Leib

    Luxembourgish: Läif, Leif

  • Cimbrian: laip
  • German: Leib
  • Vilamovian: ?aowa
  • Yiddish: ????? (layb)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?iv?/

Pronoun

lib

1. second-person plural of la
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Volapük

Noun

lib (nominative plural libs)

1. freedom

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of tibia.

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

1. (medicine, informal) A tibia.

See also

• fib

Etymology 2

Origin unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel, or related to Old English tife (“bitch”).

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

1. (obsolete) a working-class woman; a prostitute
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2. (obsolete) a young girl, a sweetheart

Anagrams

• B.I.T., ITB, TBI, bit

Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec

Etymology

Akin to Zaniza Zapotec tib.

Numeral

tib

1. one

References

• Basic Vocabulary, psge 53

Northern Kurdish

Noun

tib f

1. medicine (field of study)

Uzbek

Noun

tib (plural tiblar)

1. medicine

Zaniza Zapotec

Etymology

Akin to Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec tib.

Numeral

tib

1. one