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sib
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
- 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)
- Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
- 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.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
- A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
- (biology) Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
- 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)
- (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)
- (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
- 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
- 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. 19c20
- Synonym: síi
- 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. 19c20
Related terms
- sibsi (emphatic)
- sissi (emphatic)
Descendants
- Irish: sibh
- Manx: shiu
- Scottish Gaelic: sibh
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snib
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sn?b/
Noun
snib (plural snibs)
- (Scotland, Australia) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 99:
- He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 99:
- (obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.
- 1601, John Marston, What You Will
- ill - strain'd snibs
- 1601, John Marston, What You Will
Verb
snib (third-person singular simple present snibs, present participle snibbing, simple past and past participle snibbed)
- (Scotland, Australia) To latch (a door, window etc.).
- 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, VI:
- ‘Window is snibbed on the inner side. Frame-work is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.’
- 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, VI:
Anagrams
- ISBN, NiSb, bins, nibs
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