جبس

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒibs/

Noun

جِبْس • (jibs) m

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • جَبَّاسَة‎ (jabbāsa, “gypsum quarry”)
  • جَبَّسَ‎ (jabbasa, “to apply gypsum on”)
  • جِبْسِيّ‎ (jibsiyy, “gypsum-related”)

Descendants

  • → Middle Armenian: ճիփս (čipʿs)
  • → Spanish: aljez

Verb

جَبَّسَ • (jabbasa) II, non-past يُجَبِّسُ‎‎ (yujabbisu)

  1. to apply gypsum on

Conjugation

References

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جِبْس‎ (jibs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡabs/, /ʒabs/

Noun

جبس or جبس • (gabs or jabs) m

  1. gypsum
  2. parget, plaster

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

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

جبس • (jabas) m (collective, singulative جبسة‎ f (jabase))

  1. watermelon

References

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