db

See also: dB, Db, DB, ȸ, and D♭

Egyptian

FWOTD – 1 October 2022

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly related to Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value); compare the possible relation between ḫꜣb (hippopotamus) and ḫꜣb (to be bent) (in reference to the animal’s tusks).

Pronunciation

Noun

dbE25

 m

  1. hippopotamus
  2. skin or fat of the hippopotamus, used medicinally
Inflection
Alternative forms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

Possibly a doublet of ꜥb (horn), according to the Rösslerian school of Egyptian comparison.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /tʼib//tʼib//tʼeb//tʼep/

Noun

dbdb

 m

  1. horn (of oxen, gazelles, etc.)
  2. tusk
  3. hollowed-out horn for holding oil, used by Asiatics
  4. horn of the moon
  5. (by extension) wing or flank of an army [18th Dynasty]
  6. (by extension) prick, sting [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Alternative forms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • Demotic: tp

References

  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒrɒb]
  • (file)

Noun

db (plural db-ok)

  1. Abbreviation of darab (piece, chunk).

Usage notes

There is no period after 'db' as an exception in Hungarian language.

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of db
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

  1. Abbreviation of deadjabaste (teaspoon).
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