לביא

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *labiʔ- (“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־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.