shive

Meaning

1. A slice, especially of bread.
2. (obsolete) A sheave.
3. A beam or plank of split wood.
4. A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.

Synonyms

chip

fragment

shard

smithereens

shivah

rasura

shiva

shibah

fragmentary grain

shiv’ah

Translations

فترة حداد لمدّة سبعة أيّام

Schiwa

shiva

schijf

snede

snee

splinter

sjivve

sjiva

pluisje

dilim

kıymık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schyve

Inherited from Old English: *sċīfe

Cognate with German: Scheibe

Cognate with Old Norse: skífa

Cognate with Danish: skive

Cognate with Dutch: schijf

Inherited from Middle English: schyfe

Cognate with German: Schäbe

Cognate with Dutch: scheef

Cognate with Low German: Schääv

In summary

A parallel form of sheave, from Middle English schyve, from Proto-West Germanic *skībā, from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ, presumably through an Old English *sċīfe (though it is not attested before the Middle English period). Cognate with German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), brauðskífa (“slice of bread”) (whence Danish skive (“disc, slice”)), Dutch schijf (“disc, slice”).