jnb

Egyptian

m

Declension of jnb (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnb

jnb

3-lit.

Conjugation of jnb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jnb, geminated stem: jnbb

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
jnb	jnbw, jnb	jnbt	jnb	jnb

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
jnb	ḥr jnb	m jnb	r jnb

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	jnb.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	jnb	active + .tj¹, .tw²	jnb	jnb, jnbw⁵, jnby⁵
imperfective	jnb, jnby, jnbw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	jnb, jnbj⁶, jnby⁶	jnb, jnbw⁵
prospective	jnb, jnbtj⁷	—	jnbtj⁴, jnbt⁴
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN