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/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈvapʲ/
• 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

• na wabia

 

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

• 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