Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly related to Arabic عَابَ (ʕāba, “to shame, to disgrace”).
Verb
2-lit.
- (transitive) to be dirty or impure, to pollute
Inflection
Conjugation of ꜥb (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ꜥb, geminated stem: ꜥbb
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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ꜥb
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ꜥbw, ꜥb
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ꜥbt
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ꜥb, j.ꜥb
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ꜥb, j.ꜥb
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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ꜥb
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ḥr ꜥb
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m ꜥb
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r ꜥb
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ꜥb.n
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ꜥbw, ꜥb
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consecutive
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ꜥb.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ꜥbt
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| perfective3
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ꜥb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ꜥb.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ꜥb, j.ꜥb1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ꜥb
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ꜥbb
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potentialis1
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ꜥb.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ꜥb, j.ꜥb1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ꜥb.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ꜥb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ꜥb
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ꜥbb, ꜥbbj6, ꜥb2, ꜥbw2 5, ꜥby2 5
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| imperfective
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j.ꜥb1, ꜥb, ꜥby, ꜥbw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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j.ꜥb1, j.ꜥbw1 5, ꜥb, ꜥbj6, ꜥby6
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ꜥb, ꜥbw5
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| prospective
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ꜥb, ꜥbtj7
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—
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ꜥbtj4, ꜥbt4
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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.
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
m
- horn
- flank (of an army)
Inflection
Declension of ꜥb (masculine)
| singular
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ꜥb
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| dual
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ꜥbwj
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| plural
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ꜥbw
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥb
Noun
m
- horned crocodile
Inflection
Declension of ꜥb (masculine)
| singular
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ꜥb
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| dual
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ꜥbwj
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| plural
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ꜥbw
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References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 150, 335, 457.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 176.1