wꜥb
Egyptian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (verb): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /waˈʕab/ → /waˈʕab/ → /wəˈʕab/ → /wəˈʕap/
- (noun): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈwiːʕab/ → /ˈwiːʕab/ → /ˈweːʕəb/ → /ˈweːʕəβ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɑːb/
- Conventional anglicization: wab
Verb edit
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3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) pure or clean
- c. 13th Dynasty, Naos of Hori, Kunsthistorisches Museum 186, Vienna:
- ḫt nbt nfrt wꜥbt ꜥnḫt nṯr jm
- […] all things good and pure on which a god lives.
- c. 13th Dynasty, Naos of Hori, Kunsthistorisches Museum 186, Vienna:
- (reflexive) to purify or bathe (oneself)
Inflection edit
Conjugation of wꜥb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wꜥb, geminated stem: wꜥbb
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
wꜥb |
wꜥbw, wꜥb |
wꜥbt |
wꜥb |
wꜥb |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
wꜥb |
ḥr wꜥb |
m wꜥb |
r wꜥb |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | wꜥb.n |
wꜥbw, wꜥb |
consecutive | wꜥb.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | wꜥbt | ||||
perfective3 | wꜥb |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | wꜥb.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | wꜥb |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | wꜥb |
wꜥbb |
potentialis1 | wꜥb.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | wꜥb |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | wꜥb.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | wꜥb |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
wꜥb |
wꜥb, wꜥbw5, wꜥby5 |
imperfective | wꜥb, wꜥby, wꜥbw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
wꜥb, wꜥbj6, wꜥby6 |
wꜥb, wꜥbw5 |
prospective | wꜥb, wꜥbtj7 |
— | wꜥbtj4, wꜥbt4 | |
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
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- perfective active participle of wꜥb: pure, clean
Inflection edit
Declension of wꜥb (perfective active participle)
Noun edit
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m
- the lowest level of priest, literally a “cleaner”, responsible for cleaning and purifying the temple and preparing ritual offerings
- c. 2015 B.C.E., Meru, Stela of Meru (Turin 1447), textfield lines 2-4:
- j ꜥnḫw tp(j)w tꜣ
wnnt(j).s⟨n⟩ m šmsw n(j) ḫnt(j)-jmntjw n(j) wp-wꜣwt mrrw ꜥnḫ msḏḏw ḫpt
wꜥbw nw nṯr-ꜥꜣ ḥmw-nṯr nbw nw ꜣbḏw - O living ones who are on the earth,
who will be in the retinue of Khentamentiu and Wepwawet, who love life and hate dying,
cleaner-priests of the elder god and all priests of Abydos!
- j ꜥnḫw tp(j)w tꜣ
- c. 2015 B.C.E., Meru, Stela of Meru (Turin 1447), textfield lines 2-4:
Inflection edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜥb
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wꜥb | wꜥb |
Descendants edit
- Demotic: (wꜥb)
References edit
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 58, 62, 74, 118, 362.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 41, 54
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 30, 41