wꜣb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑb/
  • Conventional anglicization: wab

Noun

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1. root (of a plant)
2. (by extension) the place where a body part is attached, such as the root of a tooth or the socket of an eye

Inflection

Declension of wꜣb (masculine)

singular	wꜣb
dual	wꜣbwj
plural	wꜣbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣb  

wꜣb

Synonyms

In the sense of ‘root’:

• mnyt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 250.9–250.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 53