gabba

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

gabba (countable and uncountable, plural gabbas)

  1. (music) Alternative spelling of gabber

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse gabba.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

gabba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gabbaði, supine gabbað)

  1. to befool

Conjugation[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡab.ba/
  • Rhymes: -abba
  • Hyphenation: gàb‧ba

Etymology 1[edit]

Variant forms.

Noun[edit]

gabba f (plural gabbe)

  1. Alternative form of gabbo

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

gabba

  1. inflection of gabbare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *këmpë.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkabːba/

Noun[edit]

gabba

  1. white reindeer

Inflection[edit]

Even a-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative gabba
Genitive gappa
Singular Plural
Nominative gabba gappat
Accusative gappa gappaid
Genitive gappa gappaid
Illative gabbii gappaide
Locative gappas gappain
Comitative gappain gappaiguin
Essive gabban
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gabban gabbame gabbamet
2nd person gabbat gabbade gabbadet
3rd person gabbas gabbaska gabbaset

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *gapponą, *gabbōną (to joke), probably related to *gapōną (to gape). See Dutch gapen (to gape).[1]

Verb[edit]

gabba

  1. (transitive) to mock, to make game of

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: gabba
  • Old French: gaber, gaiber, jaber

References[edit]

  • gabba”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “gappon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169