Lemizh / English dictionary
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gàb.
to take up with or spike on a fork
gùb. a fork
Usage notes
The meaning of this word covers the eating, gardening and farming tools, but not other objects of similar shapes such as road forks.
Etymology
< NLem gabl‑a
< LMLem, MLem gabl‑yr
< PCelt *gábl‑ā
< PIE *gʰh̥́₁b‑l‑eh₂ ‘a farming tool’, instrumental noun of
PIE *gʰeh₁b‑ ‘grab, take’
doublet of Ràjb.
Cognates
Lat habeō ‘have, hold’ (but not Eng have), Ir gabhlóg ‘fork’