maabe

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Etymology

From Hebrew מַבּוּל (mabúl, flood).

Noun

maabe m (Latin spelling)

  1. deluge, downpour, torrent

Further reading

  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “maḅul”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “mabúl”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 334