לביא
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *labiʔ- (“lion”).
Noun edit
לָבִיא • (laví) m (plural indefinite לְבִיאִים, singular construct לְבִיא־, feminine counterpart לְבִיאָה) [pattern: קָטִיל]
- A lion.
Synonyms edit
Proper noun edit
לָבִיא • (laví) m [pattern: קָטִיל]
- a male given name, equivalent to English Leo
- a surname
Noun edit
לְבִיָּא • (l'viyá) f
- Alternative spelling of לְבִיאָה
References edit
- “לביא” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) 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.