geba

See also: gęba, gębą, and Gęba

Old High German

Alternative forms

• këba — Alemannic
• këpa — Bavarian

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, second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.ba/

• (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

Further reading

• “geba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “geba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “geba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025