לביא

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Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *labiʾ- (“lion”).

Noun

לָבִיא • (laví) m (plural indefinite לְבִיאִים‎, singular construct לְבִיא־, feminine counterpart לְבִיאָה‎) [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. A lion.

Synonyms

• אַרְיֵה‎ (aryé), לַיִשׁ‎ (láyish), שַׁחַל‎ (shákhal)

Proper noun

לָבִיא • (laví) m [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Leo
2. A surname​.

Noun

לְבִיָּא • (l'viyá) f

1. Alternative spelling of לְבִיאָה‎

References

• “לביא” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 582.