geba

See also: gęba, gębą, and Gęba

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gebu, from Proto-Germanic *gebō. Related to unattested *gāba of similar meaning, which would be ancestral to Middle High German gābe.

Noun

gëba f

  1. gift
    Synonym: *gāba

Declension

Declension of gëba (ō-stem)
case singular plural
nominative gëba gëbā
accusative gëba gëbā
genitive gëba gëbōno
dative gëbu gëbōm

References

  • Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʒe.bɐ/ [ˈʒe.βɐ]

  • Hyphenation: ge‧ba

Etymology 1

From Latin gibba. Compare English gibbous.

Noun

geba f (plural gebas)

  1. hump
    Synonyms: corcova, corcunda, giba
  2. (dated) old hunchbacked woman

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

geba

  1. feminine singular of gebo

Etymology 3

Verb

geba

  1. inflection of gebar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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