wab

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Egyptian

Romanization

wab

  1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of wꜥb.

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English wharf, from Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”).

Pronunciation

Noun

wab

  1. a pier
  2. a wharf
  3. a berth
  4. a dock

References

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: wab

Etymology 1

Deverbal from wabić.

Noun

wab m inan

  1. (hunting) the act of luring game
Declension
Declension of wab
singular plural
nominative wab waby
genitive wabu wabów
dative wabowi wabom
accusative wab waby
instrumental wabem wabami
locative wabie wabach
vocative wabie waby

or

Declension of wab
singular plural
nominative wab wabie
genitive wabia wabiów
dative wabiowi wabiom
accusative wab wabie
instrumental wabiem wabiami
locative wabiu wabiach
vocative wabiu wabie

Noun

wab m animal

  1. allure (quality causing attraction)
Declension
Declension of wabie
singular plural
nominative wabie wabie
genitive wabia wabiów
dative wabiowi wabiom
accusative wabia wabie
instrumental wabiem wabiami
locative wabiu wabiach
vocative wabiu wabie
Derived terms
adverbs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wab

  1. second-person singular imperative of wabić

Further reading

  • wab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wab in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “wab”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “wab”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Scots

Noun

wab (plural wabs)

  1. web

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English wap.

Pronunciation

Noun

wab m (plural wabiau, diminutive waben, not mutable)

  1. slap, light blow
    Synonyms: cernod, ffaten, slap

Derived terms

Mutation

H-prothesis does not affect this word as the ⟨w⟩ here represents the semivowel /w/ rather than a vowel sound.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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