sib
/sɪb/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; kindred.
noun
A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
noun
A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
noun
A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor
verb
To bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly; reconcile.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "[…] they are sibber to you than ever Miss Innes was or will be; and if like to bid me, […]"
- "seeing that his Majesty is "sibber to him than all the brothers and sons he has in the world." So far, James Haig had played his part with consummate skill."
- ""You talk about the crook in our Campbell tongue in one breath," said he, "and in the next you would make yourself a Campbell more sib to the chief than I am myself. Don't you think we might put off our little affairs of family history till we find a lady and a child in Strongara?""
- "[…] we are so much the sibber to Christ that we suffer; […]"
- "1701. June 19. Dewar of Lassody against Scott of Spencerfield's Factor and Creditors. […]; and that creditors seemed to be much sibber to these annualrents than the factors."
- "I like my cousins in Holland immensely, but I feel more sib to the Northerners. Your description of Lofoten is fine. I can see them. They must be enchanting in their way, cod's head and tails or no. There is a fine eau de Javelle smack about a Dutch canal, by the way, that takes[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English sib, from Old English sibb (“related, akin, sib”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjaz (“related”), from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“one's own”). Cognate with West Frisian besibbe (“related”), Middle Dutch sibbe (“related”), Middle Low German sibbe (“related”), Middle High German sippe (“related”), Icelandic sifi (“related”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: sib, sibb, *sibjaz, *sebʰ-, *sibbju, *sibjō