gaby

== English == === Alternative forms === gabey === Etymology === Uncertain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪbi/ Rhymes: -eɪbi Homophone: gayby === Noun === gaby (plural gabies) (UK, regional) A stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce. Synonyms: guffin, nincompoop, fool == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡabɨ/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Conjunction ==== gaby if Synonyms: -li, gaž, joli === Etymology 2 === Univerbation of gaž (“if”) +‎ by (“would”). ==== Verb ==== gaby (defective, invariable) if… would === Further reading === Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “gaby”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008 Starosta, Manfred (1999), “gaby”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag