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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