غبغب

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ب ب (ḡ b b)
6 terms

Noun

غَبْغَب (ḡabḡabm (plural غَبَاغِب (ḡabāḡib))

  1. alternative form of غَبَب (ḡabab)
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ge'ez ገብገብ (gäbgäb) or Old South Arabian.

Noun

غَبْغَب (ḡabḡabm (plural غَبَاغِب (ḡabāḡib))

  1. place, particularly a small mountain, where victims were sacrificed in paganism, sacrificial stone
Declension

References

  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1913) “Anzeigen: Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. Hg. von der Generalverwaltung der Kgl. Museen zu Berlin. Bd. IV. Sabaische, griechische, und altabessinische Inschriften. Von Enno Littmann. Mit 6 Tafeln, 1 Karte und 109 Textabbildungen. Berlin 1913. (94 S. Folio.) M. 17.—.”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 67, pages 703–704
  • Wellhausen, Julius (1897) Reste arabischen Heidentumes (in German), Berlin: Georg Reimer, page 103