ꜥbj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to collect, to unite

Usage notes

This verb is possibly just a variant form of jꜥb (“to unite”).

Inflection
Conjugation of ꜥbj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ꜥb, geminated stem: ꜥbb
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ꜥbt, ꜥbj
 ꜥbw, ꜥb
 ꜥbt, ꜥbwt, ꜥbyt
 ꜥb
 ꜥb, ꜥby
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ꜥb8, ꜥbb8
 ḥr ꜥbt, ḥr ꜥbj
 m ꜥbt, m ꜥbj
 r ꜥbt, r ꜥbj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ꜥb.n
 ꜥbw, ꜥb, ꜥby
 consecutive ꜥb.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ꜥbt, ꜥbyt
perfective3 ꜥb
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative ꜥb.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ꜥb, ꜥby
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ꜥbw, ꜥb, ꜥby
 ꜥbw, ꜥb, ꜥby
 potentialis ꜥb.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ꜥb, ꜥby
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ꜥb.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective ꜥbw1, ꜥby, ꜥb
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ꜥb
 ꜥby, ꜥb
imperfective ꜥbb, ꜥbby, ꜥbbw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ꜥbb, ꜥbbj6, ꜥbby6
 ꜥbb, ꜥbbw5
prospective ꜥbw1, ꜥby, ꜥb, ꜥbtj7
 — ꜥbwtj1 4, 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, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Derived terms
  • ꜥbj m tꜣ (“to bury”)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 457.
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