qnb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛnɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: qeneb

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to bend, to bow
2. (transitive) to subjugate
3. (reflexive) to incline (oneself)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
qnb	qnbw, qnb	qnbt	qnb	qnb

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	qnb.n	qnbw, qnb	consecutive	qnb.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	qnbt
perfective3	qnb	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	qnb.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	qnb	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	qnb	qnbb	potentialis1	qnb.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	qnb	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	qnb.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	qnb	active + .tj1, .tw2	qnb	qnb, qnbw5, qnby5
imperfective	qnb, qnby, qnbw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	qnb, qnbj6, qnby6	qnb, qnbw5
prospective	qnb, qnbtj7	—	qnbtj4, qnbt4
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.

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]