dbn
See also: DBN
Egyptian
FWOTD – 28 November 2015
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼiːban/ → /ˈtʼiːban/ → /ˈtʼiːβən/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛbɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: deben
Noun
m
- the metal counterweight in balance scales
- an (earlier) deben, a measure of weight equivalent to about 13.6 grams. [Middle Kingdom]
- a (later) deben, a measure of weight equivalent to 12 šnꜥtjw (“rings”) or 10 qdwt (“qites”) (about 91 grams). [since the end of the 12th Dynasty]
Inflection
Declension of dbn (masculine)
singular | dbn |
---|---|
dual | dbnwj |
plural | dbnw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dbn
dbn | dbn | dbn | dbn |
Noun
m
- a metal? helmet
Inflection
Declension of dbn (masculine)
singular | dbn |
---|---|
dual | dbnwj |
plural | dbnw |
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛbɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: deben
Noun
m
- builder’s mortar
Inflection
Declension of dbn (masculine)
singular | dbn |
---|---|
dual | dbnwj |
plural | dbnw |
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛbɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: deben
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to go around, to circumambulate
- (intransitive) to recur
- (transitive) to encircle
- (+ m) to encircle with
Inflection
Conjugation of dbn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: dbn, geminated stem: dbnn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
dbn | dbnw, dbn | dbnt | dbn | dbn |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
dbn | ḥr dbn | m dbn | r dbn |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | dbn.n | dbnw, dbn | consecutive | dbn.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | dbnt | ||||
perfective3 | dbn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | dbn.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | dbn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | dbn | dbnn | potentialis | dbn.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | dbn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | dbn.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | dbn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | dbn | dbn, dbnw5, dbny5 |
imperfective | dbn, dbny, dbnw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | dbn, dbnj6, dbny6 | dbn, dbnw5 |
prospective | dbn, dbntj7 | — | dbntj4, dbnt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dbn
dbn | dbn | dbn | dbn |
Derived terms
- dbnw (“the circle of the sky”)
- dbnt (“the World Ocean”)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 111, 323 page 105–106, 111, 323.
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Ancient Egyptian Dictionary
- Ancient Egyptian: A linguistic introduction"; reconstructed from Akkadian transcription: ti-ba-an
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 38