nb
See also: Nb, NB, nB, n.b., N.B., NB., and N.-B.
Translingual
Symbol
nb
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Norwegian Bokmål.
English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
nb
- (cricket) Initialism of no ball.
Phrase
nb
- Initialism of nota bene.
Adjective
nb (not comparable)
- Alternative form of NB: initialism of non-binary.
Anagrams
- B.N., Bn, Bn., bn, bn.
Demotic
Etymology 1
From Egyptian
(nb, “all, every”).
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Determiner
- (definite) all, every
- (indefinite) any
Descendants
- Coptic: ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ (niben)
Etymology 2
From Egyptian
(nb, “lord”).
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Noun
m
- lord
Descendants
- Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb) (Bohairic, Old Coptic)
Etymology 3
From Egyptian
(nbt, “mistress, lady”).
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Noun
f
- mistress, lady (woman with authority over something)
References
- Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 212–213
- Johnson, Janet (2000) Thus Wrote ꜥOnchsheshonqy: An Introductory Grammar of Demotic, third edition, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, →ISBN, page 7
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: neb
Determiner
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- all, every
Inflection
Declension of nb
masculine | feminine | |
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singular | nb | nbt |
dual | nbwj | nbtj |
plural | nbw | nbwt1, nbt2 |
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In the Pyramid Texts of Unas, among certain other Old Egyptian texts, nb is usually not inflected by gender and number but invariably appears as nb. Even within these texts, however, inflected forms sporadically appear.[1]
Derived terms
- bw-nb
- ntj nb
- ḥr-nb
- rꜥ nb
Descendants
- Demotic:
(nb)
- Coptic: ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ (niben)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Afroasiatic *ruub-.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈniːbuw/ → /ˈniːbuw/ → /neːβ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: neb
Noun
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m
- lord, master
- 12th Dynasty, The Stela of Nakhti, BM EA 143:
- wsjr nb ḏdw nṯr ꜥꜣ […]
- Osiris, Lord of Djedu, the great god […]
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 23:
- jwyt zb(.w) sjw(w) rw.w tꜣ m ḥtpw ẖr nb.f
- Wrongdoing has gone, the Slanderer has departed, and the land is in peace under its lord.
- 12th Dynasty, The Stela of Nakhti, BM EA 143:
- owner, possessor
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 23–24:
- smn mꜣꜥt n nb.s rdjw sꜣ r jsft
- Righteousness has been established for its possessor, and the back is turned on wrong.
- an epithet of the king
Inflection
Declension of nb (masculine u-stem)
singular | nb |
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dual | nbwj |
plural | nbw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb
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nb | nb | nb | ||||||||
when referring to the king |
Derived terms
- nb-ꜣꜥꜥw
- nb-ꜣbḏw
- nb-ꜥnḫ
- nb-wꜥ
- nb-pt
- nb-nswt-tꜣwj
- nb-r-ḏr
- nb ḫꜥw
- nbt
- nb-tꜣwj
- nb-tꜣ-ḏsr
- nb-tm
- nḫt-nb.f
Descendants
- Demotic:
(nb)
- Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb) (Bohairic, Old Coptic)
Pronunciation
(reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnaβʔə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: neb
Noun
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m
- (rare) damage, sin
Descendants
- Demotic:
(nby),
(nbe.t)
- Coptic: ⲛⲟⲃⲉ (nobe) – Sahidic, ⲛⲟⲃⲓ (nobi) – Bohairic, ⲛⲁⲃⲉ (nabe) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, ⲛⲁⲃⲓ (nabi) – Fayyumic, ⲛⲁϥⲓ (nafi) – Fayyumic
Romanization
nb
- Alternative transliteration of nbw.
References
- Allen, James P. (2017) A Grammar of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Volume 1: Unis, page 55
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36, 55
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106 — for the ‘sin’ sense, which is not found in the Wörterbuch.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 42