wab

Egyptian

Romanization

wab

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of wꜥb.

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• o̧b

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wɑpˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wæpˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {wab}

Noun

wab

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

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: wab

Noun

wab m inan

1. (hunting) the act of luring game
2. allure (quality causing attraction)

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	wabia	wabie
instrumental	wabiem	wabiami
locative	wabiu	wabiach
vocative	wabiu	wabie

Verb

wab

1. second-person singular imperative of wabić

Further reading

• wab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Noun

wab (plural wabs)

1. web

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English wap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wab/
• Rhymes: -ab

Noun

wab m (plural wabiau, diminutive waben)

1. slap, light blow

   Synonyms: cernod, ffaten, slap

Derived terms

• dan wab (“under the thumb”)

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