tib
See also: TiB
Translingual
Symbol
tib
- (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Tibetan.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪb/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪb
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of tibia.
Noun
tib (plural tibs)
- (medicine, informal) A tibia.
See also
- fib
Etymology 2
Unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel.
Noun
tib (plural tibs)
- (obsolete) a working-class woman; a prostitute
- c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, OCLC 78596089, [Act 4, scene 6]:
- every Coystril that comes inquiring for his Tib
- 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun:
- But this woman was, he thought, no tib, no purveyor of holy mutton.
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- (obsolete) a young girl, a sweetheart
Anagrams
- B.I.T., Bti, ITB, TBI, bit
Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec
Etymology
Akin to Zaniza Zapotec tib.
Numeral
tib
- one
References
- Basic Vocabulary, psge 53
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb). Compare Turkish tıp.
Noun
tib f
- medicine (field of study)
Declension
Declension of tib
| Definite feminine gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | tib | tib | ||
| Construct | tiba | tibên | ||
| Oblique | tibê | tiban | ||
| Demonstrative oblique | wê tibê | wan tiban | ||
| Vocative | tibê | tibino | ||
| Indefinite feminine gender | ||||
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | tibek | tibin | ||
| Construct | tibeke | tibine | ||
| Oblique | tibekê | tibinan | ||
Related terms
- tebîb
- tibî
Uzbek
Noun
tib (plural tiblar)
- medicine
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English tubbe.
Noun
tib (plural tibès or tibbès)
- tub
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 72
Zaniza Zapotec
Etymology
Akin to Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec tib.
Numeral
tib
- one