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

 m

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

Inflection

Declension of db (masculine)

singular	db
dual	dbwj
plural	dbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of db  

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 Rösslerian school of Egyptian comparison.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼib/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼib/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼeb/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʼep/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: deb

Noun

 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

Declension of db (masculine)

singular	db
dual	dbwj
plural	dbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of db  

db	db
abbreviation; rare	abbreviation; rare

Descendants

• Demotic: tp
  • Coptic: ⲧⲁⲡ (tap)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 433.14–433.17, 434.3–434.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 310–311
• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, pages 2084–2085

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒrɒb]

• Audio:

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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

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	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

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”).