ꜥb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːb/
  • Conventional anglicization: ab

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Arabic عَابَ (ʕāba, “to shame, to disgrace”).

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to be dirty or impure, to pollute

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜥb (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ꜥb, geminated stem: ꜥbb

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜥb ꜥbw, ꜥb ꜥbt ꜥb, j.ꜥb ꜥb, j.ꜥb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜥb ḥr ꜥb m ꜥb r ꜥb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ꜥb.n ꜥbw, ꜥb consecutive ꜥb.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ꜥbt perfective3 ꜥb active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ꜥb.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ꜥb, j.ꜥb1 active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ꜥb ꜥbb potentialis1 ꜥb.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ꜥb, j.ꜥb1 active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ꜥb.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ꜥb active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜥb ꜥbb, ꜥbbj6, ꜥb2, ꜥbw2 5, ꜥby2 5 imperfective j.ꜥb1, ꜥb, ꜥby, ꜥbw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.ꜥb1, j.ꜥbw1 5, ꜥb, ꜥbj6, ꜥby6 ꜥb, ꜥbw5 prospective ꜥb, ꜥbtj7 — ꜥbtj4, ꜥbt4 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.

Derived terms

• ꜥbw

Etymology 2

Noun

 m

1. horn
2. flank (of an army)

Inflection

Declension of ꜥb (masculine)

singular	ꜥb
dual	ꜥbwj
plural	ꜥbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥb  

ꜥb

Noun

 m

1. horned crocodile

Inflection

Declension of ꜥb (masculine)

singular	ꜥb
dual	ꜥbwj
plural	ꜥbw

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