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Webster 1913 Edition


Sib

Sib

(sĭb)
,
Noun.
[AS.
sibb
alliance,
gesib
a relative. √289. See
Gossip
.]
1.
A blood relation.
[Obs.]
Nash.

Sib

,
Adj.
Related by blood; akin.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.
Your kindred is but . . . little
sib
to you.
Chaucer.
[He] is no fairy birn, ne
sib
at all
To elfs, but sprung of seed terrestrial.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sib

SIB

, a relation, in Saxon, but not in use in English.

Definition 2024


sib

sib

See also: sip and šib

English

Adjective

sib (comparative more sib, superlative most sib)

  1. Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; having affinity; being akin; kindred.

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-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.
    • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
      But she got up to go, and Domenico obeyed me too in mock meekness, making himself sib and coeval to Hortense, submissive to frowning elder brother, something incestuous in it.
  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
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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.

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams


Lojban

Rafsi

sib

  1. rafsi of sidbo.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sibiz. Cognate with Old English sife.

Noun

sib n

  1. A sieve

Descendants


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
    • 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. 19c20
      It sib ata chomarpi Abracham.
      It is you who are Abraham's heirs.

Synonyms

Related terms

  • sibsi (emphatic)
  • sissi (emphatic)

Descendants