Lemizh / English dictionary
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càwb.
to make hardly any(thing) (relative weight 1⁄8; see unit 7, Weighting numerals – usually with partitive bracket; see unit 8, Cardinal numerals)
Usage notes
The Middle and Old Lemizh sense of ‘negligible, trivial, not worth mentioning’ is still palpable today.
Etymology
< NLem cambr‑a
< LMLem cambr‑yr
< MLem cambr‑yr ‘negligible’
< OLem zhambr‑
< PLem *dzambr‑ ‘few, little’, r-stem adjective of
< PIE *dʰebʰ‑ ‘reduce’
See Ràbv. for information on Ghean weighting numerals.
Cognates
Ved dabhnóti ‘deceives’, Lv dâbt ‘strike, beat’