Etymology

adive

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Today it means: The golden jackal; a smaller sort of jackal, sometimes domesticated. Full definition →

Spanish adive ← Arabic الذِّئْب
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  1. Arabic · derived fromالذِّئْب
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromadive
  3. English todayadive

From Spanish adive, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الذِّئْب (aḏ-ḏiʔb). Doublet of dieb..

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