ꜣbꜣb

Egyptian

Etymology

Probably reduplicated from ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”).

Pronunciation

Verb

 4-lit.

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Middle Kingdom]
    1. (intransitive) to be(come) delighted

Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣbꜣb (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜣbꜣb
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ꜣbꜣb
 ꜣbꜣbw, ꜣbꜣb
 ꜣbꜣbt
 ꜣbꜣb
 ꜣbꜣb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ꜣbꜣb
 ḥr ꜣbꜣb
 m ꜣbꜣb
 r ꜣbꜣb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect ꜣbꜣb.n
 consecutive ꜣbꜣb.jn
terminative ꜣbꜣbt
perfective3 ꜣbꜣb
 obligative ꜣbꜣb.ḫr
imperfective ꜣbꜣb
prospective3 ꜣbꜣbw, ꜣbꜣb
 potentialis ꜣbꜣb.kꜣ
subjunctive ꜣbꜣb
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect ꜣbꜣb.n
 — —
perfective ꜣbꜣb
 ꜣbꜣb
 ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣbw5, ꜣbꜣby5
imperfective ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣby, ꜣbꜣbw5
 ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣbj6, ꜣbꜣby6
 ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣbw5
prospective ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣbtj7
 ꜣbꜣbwtj1 4, ꜣbꜣbtj4, ꜣbꜣbt4
  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, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 8.3
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 2
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