See also: DBT Pronunciation (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈcʼaːbVt/ → /ˈtʼaːbVʔ/ → /ˈtʼaːba/ → /ˈtʼoːβə/ (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈcʼaːbVt/ where V represents an unknown short vowel. (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈtʼaːbVʔ/ where V represents an unknown short vowel. (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈtʼaːba/ (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈtʼoːβə/ (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛbɛt/ Conventional anglicization: djebet Noun m brick, block, ingot Inflection More information singular, dual ... singular ḏbt dual ḏbtwj plural ḏbtw Close Declension of ḏbt (masculine) Descendants Demotic: (tb) Bohairic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲃⲓ (tōbi) Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe), ⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ (tōōbe) → Arabic: طُوب (ṭūb)Egyptian Arabic: طوب (ṭūb), طوبة (ṭūba)Juba Arabic: tubMoroccan Arabic: طوب (ṭūb), طوبة (ṭūba)→ Amharic: ጡብ (ṭub), እጡብ (ʾəṭub)→ Catalan: tova→ French: toub→ Portuguese: adobe→ Spanish: adobe→ Aragonese: adoba→ Asturian: adobe→ Basque: adobe→ Dutch: adobe→ English: adobe→ Esperanto: adobo→ French: adobe→ Galician: adobe→ Irish: adóib→ Italian: adobe→ Norwegian: adobe→ Serbo-Croatian: adobe / адобе→ Tagalog: adobe