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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

Noun

dbE25

 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  
idbE25
dbiE25
dibE25
E25
jdb dbj djb db
abbreviation

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

 

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
  6. (by extension) prick, sting
Inflection
Declension of db (masculine)
singular db
dual dbwj
plural dbw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of db  
db
db
Z1
db db
abbreviation; rare abbreviation; rare
Descendants
  • Demotic: tp

References

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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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

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Noun

db

  1. Abbreviation of deadjabaste (“teaspoon”).
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