See also: Gabba

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