db

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Egyptian

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

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (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

Alternative forms

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]

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

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Noun

db

1. Abbreviation of deadjabaste (“teaspoon”).