جبس

• جِبْسِين (jibsīn)

Late borrowing from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos), likely via an Aramaic form exposing an arbitrary extension of Late Koine Greek style or origin as reflected in Classical Syriac ܓܘܦܣܝܢ (gupsīn), ܓܝܦܣܝܢ (gipsīn) and Jewish Palestinian Aramaic גבסין, גפסין. It is unknown whether the Greek term is ultimately related to جِصّ (jiṣṣ).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒibs/

جِبْس • (jibs) m

1. gypsum
2. (synecdochically)
   1. parget, plaster
   2. mortar, grout

• جَبَّاسَة (jabbāsa, “gypsum quarry”)
• جَبَّسَ (jabbasa, “to apply gypsum on”)
• جِبْسِيّ (jibsiyy, “gypsum-related”)

• → Middle Armenian: ճիփս (čipʻs)
• → Spanish: aljez, gis

جَبَّسَ • (jabbasa) II (non-past يُجَبِّسُ (yujabbisu), verbal noun تَجْبِيس (tajbīs))

1. to apply gypsum on

• “gwpsyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “gbsyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 9
• Käs, Fabian (2010) Die Mineralien in der arabischen Pharmakognosie. Eine Konkordanz zur mineralischen Materia medica der klassischen arabischen Heilmittelkunde nebst überlieferungsgeschichtlichen Studien (Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur · Mainz · Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 54) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 383–386
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جبس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 375
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جبس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 164

From Arabic جِبْس (jibs).

• IPA^(key): /ɡabs/, /ʒabs/

جبس • (gabs or jabs) m

1. gypsum
2. parget, plaster

Likely borrowed from Iranian, compare especially Northern Kurdish zebeş and jebeş as well as Zazaki debes. Ultimately from Middle Persian (hlbyck' /⁠xarbīzag⁠/, “watermelon”); a doublet of خِرْبِز (ḵirbiz, “melon”).

جبس • (jabas) m (collective, singulative جبسة f (jabase))

1. watermelon

• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جبس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 164