bibe
See also: Bibe and bibë
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish badhb, a variant of badhbh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɪb/
- Rhymes: -aɪb
Noun
bibe (plural bibes)
- (Ireland, Newfoundland) A type of banshee whose cry indicates someone's impending death.
- 1822, “All Hallow Eve in Ireland”, in Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume IX, number XV, page 257:
- " […] But when Jack lies on his low death-bed, with the clammy dews standing on his brow, the moaning bibe combing her yellow locks, and singing the death-wail at his casement, then will this, and all poor Delaney's other actions, appear to his darkening eye in their true colours."
- 1952, Shaw Desmond, Love by the Dark Water, page 11:
- Down there where the Bibe had her hole out of which she would howl to the rising moon and to the fairy peoples that would be peeping out at the new moon only to withdraw their small heads as they heard the cry of the Bibe.
- 1992, William Nolan and Thomas P. Power, Waterford history & Society, page 628:
- He never believed in the bibe although the people were always talking of her.
- 2006, Coralie Hughes Jensen, Lety's Gift:
- Sophie's face grew serious. "Not the bibe. She comes when we dies."
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References
- Story et al. (1990), “bibe”, in Dictionary of Newfoundland English, Second Edition with supplement edition, Toronto
Interlingua
Verb
bibe
- present of biber
- imperative of biber
Irish
Alternative forms
- bib
Etymology
Borrowed from English bib.
Noun
bibe m (genitive singular bibe, nominative plural bibí)
- bib; apron-top
- Synonym: sciúlán
Declension
Declension of bibe
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bibe | bhibe | mbibe |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bibe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bibe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bibe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Verb
bibe
- second-person singular present active imperative of bibō
Masbatenyo
Noun
bibe
- duckling
Portuguese
Noun
bibe m (plural bibes)
- bib (item of clothing for babies)
- Synonym: babador
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bibi
Etymology
Compare Malay bebek and Rukai bibi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bi‧be
- IPA(key): /ˈbibe/, [ˈbi.be]
Noun
bibe (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒ)
- a species of white duck
- duckling; young duck
Related terms
- pato
- itik
- baliwis