לביא
Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *labiʾ- (“lion”).
Noun
לָבִיא • (laví) m (plural indefinite לְבִיאִים, singular construct לְבִיא־, feminine counterpart לְבִיאָה) [pattern: קָטִיל]
- A lion.
Synonyms
- אַרְיֵה (aryé), לַיִשׁ (láyish), שַׁחַל (shákhal)
Proper noun
לָבִיא • (laví) m [pattern: קָטִיל]
- A male given name, equivalent to English Leo
- A surname.
Noun
לְבִיָּא • (l'viyá) f
- Alternative spelling of לְבִיאָה
References
- “לביא” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 582.