جبس

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Late borrowing from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Unknown whether related to جِصّ (jiṣṣ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جِبْس (jibsm

  1. gypsum
  2. (synecdochically)
    1. parget, plaster
    2. mortar, grout

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: ճիփս (čipʻs)
  • Spanish: aljez, gis

Verb

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جَبَّسَ (jabbasa) II (non-past يُجَبِّسُ (yujabbisu), verbal noun تَجْبِيس (tajbīs))

  1. to apply gypsum on

Conjugation

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References

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  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 9
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “جبس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 375
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جبس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 164

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic جِبْس (jibs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جبس (gabs or jabsm

  1. gypsum
  2. parget, plaster

North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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Likely borrowed from Iranian, compare especially Northern Kurdish zebeş and jebeş as well as Zazaki debes. Ultimately from Middle Persian [script needed] (hlbyck' /⁠xarbīzag⁠/, watermelon); a doublet of خِرْبِز (ḵirbiz, melon).

Noun

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جبس (jabasm (collective, singulative جبسة f (jabase))

  1. watermelon

References

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  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جبس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 164