ḫbs

See also: HBs and ḥbs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to break up (the soil), especially by ploughing
  2. (transitive) to break apart, to destroy (enemies or places)

Usage notes

This verb is almost exclusively found in religious texts.

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫbs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫbs, geminated stem: ḫbss
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḫbs
ḫbsw, ḫbs
ḫbst
ḫbs
ḫbs
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḫbs
ḥr ḫbs
m ḫbs
r ḫbs
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḫbs.n
ḫbsw, ḫbs
consecutive ḫbs.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḫbst
perfective3 ḫbs
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 ḫbs.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḫbs
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḫbs
ḫbss
potentialis1 ḫbs.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḫbs
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḫbs.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective ḫbs
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḫbs
ḫbs, ḫbsw5, ḫbsy5
imperfective ḫbs, ḫbsy, ḫbsw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḫbs, ḫbsj6, ḫbsy6
ḫbs, ḫbsw5
prospective ḫbs, ḫbstj7
ḫbstj4, ḫbst4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • ḫbsyt

Verb



 3-lit.

  1. (transitive, of hippopotamus hunters) to plough through (water) [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫbs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫbs, geminated stem: ḫbss
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḫbs
ḫbsw, ḫbs
ḫbst
ḫbs
ḫbs
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḫbs
ḥr ḫbs
m ḫbs
r ḫbs
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḫbs.n
ḫbsw, ḫbs
consecutive ḫbs.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḫbst
perfective3 ḫbs
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 ḫbs.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḫbs
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḫbs
ḫbss
potentialis1 ḫbs.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḫbs
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḫbs.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective ḫbs
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḫbs
ḫbs, ḫbsw5, ḫbsy5
imperfective ḫbs, ḫbsy, ḫbsw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḫbs, ḫbsj6, ḫbsy6
ḫbs, ḫbsw5
prospective ḫbs, ḫbstj7
ḫbstj4, ḫbst4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Noun


 m

  1. (usually in the plural) ploughland

Inflection

Declension of ḫbs (masculine)
singular ḫbs
dual ḫbswj
plural ḫbsw

Alternative forms

Noun

 m

  1. violence [Late Period to Greco-Roman Period]

References