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sib isb sbi bsi ibs bis

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Definitions and meaning of sib

sib

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

From Middle English sib, from Old English sibb (“related, akin, sib”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjaz (“related”), from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“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 (comparative sibber, superlative sibbest)

1. (obsolete outside Scotland) Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; kindred.
   • 1871 [reprinted 2023], Ellen Ross, The Wreck of the White Bear: Vol. 1, page 207:

     […] they are sibber to you than ever Miss Innes was or will be; and if like to bid me, […]
2. (obsolete outside Scotland) Akin (to); similar (to).
   • 1637 July 6, Letter CLIV to William Glendinning [from Samuel Rutherford in Aberdeen], published in 1821, Joshua Redivivus; Or, Three Hundred and Fifty Two Religious Letters ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, page 199:

     […] we are so much the sibber to Christ that we suffer; […]

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 *sibjō (“kinship”), from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“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)

1. Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
2. A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
3. A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
4. (biology) Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
5. A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor

Derived terms

Related terms

• gossip

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English *sibben, *sibbien, from Old English sibbian (“to make peace; rejoice”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjōną (“to reconcile”), Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“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)

1. (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)

1. (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

1. 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 *swīs (“you, ye”), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲivʲ/

Pronoun

sib

1. you (nominative plural), ye

   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. 19^c20

Related terms

• sibsi (emphatic)
• sissi (emphatic)

Descendants

• Irish: sibh
• Manx: shiu
• Scottish Gaelic: sibh

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian سیب (sib).

Noun

sib

1. apple

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʂi˥/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-sji̯eu (“lightweight”).

Adjective

sib

1. light, not heavy

   Lub hnab sib. ― The bag is light.

Adverb

sib

1. sparsely, spacing, creating a gap between objects or plants

   Cov zaub tuaj sib sib. ― The vegetables grow sparsely.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong *sjɨᴬ⁻ᴰ (“reciprocal marker”), borrowed from Chinese 廝／厮 (sī, “mutually”).

Adverb

sib

1. mutually, acting together or against each other

   Mus sib ntsib ― Go meet together.

   Nkawv sib ntaus. ― They fight each other.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.