ġab

• ġieb

From common dialectal Arabic جَاب (jāb), from a univerbation of جاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”). By surface analysis, ġie +‎ b’. The vowel -a- is irregular; the expected form is the less common variant ġieb.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːp/

ġab (imperfect jġib, past participle miġjub, verbal noun ġejbien)

1. to bring, to carry
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
     ja Sena Ġdida?
     Ah! biegħed minna
     il-għelt, il-ġlied,
     id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
     rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
     rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
     ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
     ġibilna l-għaqda,
     ġibilna s-sliem,
     ġibilna l-ħelsien!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to procure, to cause
3. to fetch (a price), to sell for
4. to form, to give shape (to something)
5. to work out, to form, to calculate; to guess, to succeed
6. to turn, to change (something)
7. to translate
8. to render
9. to publish, to make public (in newspapers); to expose to people's gossip
10. to imagine
11. to esteem
12. (reflexive) to behave
13. (reflexive) to grow
14. to cause sexual orgasm