dꜣb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɑb/
  • Conventional anglicization: dab

Noun

 m

1. fig (fruit)
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 47–48:

     gm.n.j dꜣbw jꜣrrt jm jꜣqt nbt špst

     I found figs and grapes there, and splendid vegetables of all kinds.

2. fig tree

Inflection

Declension of dꜣb (masculine)

singular	dꜣb
dual	dꜣbwj
plural	dꜣbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dꜣb  

dꜣb	dꜣb
	[since the Middle Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 417.9–417.15