db
See also: dB, Db, DB, ȸ, and D♭
Egyptian
FWOTD – 1 October 2022
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Possibly related to db (“horn, tusk”); compare the possible relation between ḫꜣb (“hippopotamus”) and ḫꜣb (“to be bent”) (in reference to the animal’s tusks).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: deb
Noun
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- hippopotamus
- skin or fat of the hippopotamus, used medicinally
Inflection
Declension of db (masculine)
| singular | db |
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| dual | dbwj |
| plural | dbw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of db
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| jdb | dbj | djb | db | |||||||||||||||||
| [Old Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [Greco-Roman Period] | |||||||||||||||||
| abbreviation |
Etymology 2
Possibly a doublet of ꜥb (“horn”), according to the neuere Komparatistik school of Egyptian comparison.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /tʼib/ → /tʼib/ → /tʼep/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: deb
Noun
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- horn (of oxen, gazelles, etc.)
- tusk
- hollowed-out horn for holding oil, used by Asiatics
- horn of the moon
- (by extension) wing or flank of an army [18th Dynasty]
- (by extension) prick, sting [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Declension of db (masculine)
| singular | db |
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| dual | dbwj |
| plural | dbw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of db
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| db | db | ||||
| abbreviation; rare | abbreviation; rare |
Descendants
- Demotic: tp
- Coptic: ⲧⲁⲡ (tap)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 433.14–433.17, 434.3–434.6
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 310–311
- Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 2084–2085
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɒrɒb]
Audio (file)
Noun
db (plural db-ok)
- Abbreviation of darab (“piece, chunk”).
Usage notes
There is no period after 'db' as an exception in Hungarian language.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | db | db-ok |
| accusative | db-ot | db-okat |
| dative | db-nak | db-oknak |
| instrumental | db-bal | db-okkal |
| causal-final | db-ért | db-okért |
| translative | db-bá | db-okká |
| terminative | db-ig | db-okig |
| essive-formal | db-ként | db-okként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | db-ban | db-okban |
| superessive | db-on | db-okon |
| adessive | db-nál | db-oknál |
| illative | db-ba | db-okba |
| sublative | db-ra | db-okra |
| allative | db-hoz | db-okhoz |
| elative | db-ból | db-okból |
| delative | db-ról | db-okról |
| ablative | db-tól | db-októl |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | db-é | db-oké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | db-éi | db-okéi |
| Possessive forms of db | ||
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| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | db-om | db-jaim |
| 2nd person sing. | db-od | db-jaid |
| 3rd person sing. | db-ja | db-jai |
| 1st person plural | db-unk | db-jaink |
| 2nd person plural | db-otok | db-jaitok |
| 3rd person plural | db-juk | db-jaik |
Northern Sami
Noun
db
- Abbreviation of deadjabaste (“teaspoon”).