daab

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German toup, toub, from Old High German toub, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔːp/

Adjective

daab (comparative daaver, superlative daavest)

1. deaf

   Er is daab.

   He is deaf.

2. numb

   Meine Finger sin ganz daab.

   My fingers are completely numb.

Declension

Declension of daab (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
weak inflection	nominative	daab	daab	daab	daave
	accusative	daave	daab	daab	daave
	dative	daave	daave	daave	daave
strong inflection	nominative	daaver	daave	daaves	daave
	accusative	daave	daave	daaves	daave
	dative	daavem	daaver	daavem	daave

Derived terms

• Daabheet f
• Daabheit f

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “daab”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *zab- (“to grasp”). Compare Dahalo daba (“hand”), Iraqw dawa (“hand, arm”), Burunge daba (“hand, arm”). Cognate with Maay daab, Jiiddu yaaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪̥ɑ́ɑ̀ʔ͡p]
• Hyphenation: daab

Noun

daab m (plural daabab m)

1. handle (of a tool)

Inflection

declension of daab
	singular
absolutive	dàab
nominative	daab
genitive	dáab
vocative	dáabyahow

determiners of daab
		singular
definite	non-remote	daabka
	remote	daabkii
demonstrative	proximal	daabkan
	medial	daabkaas
	distal	daabkeer
	far distal	daabkoo
interrogative		daabkee
possessive	mine	daabkayga
	yours	daabkaaga
	his	daabkiisa
	her	daabkeeda
	ours (excl.)	daabkayaga
	ours (incl.)	daabkeena
	yours (pl.)	daabkiinna
	theirs	daabkooda

References

• “daab”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012
• Reinisch, Leo (1902), Die Somali-Sprache (in German), volume 2, Wien, Austria, page 97