n ꜣbb
Egyptian
Etymology
n (“to, for”) + ꜣbb (active imperfective participle of ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”)).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛn ɑbɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: en abeb
Adverb
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- (with attached suffix pronoun) at one’s pleasure, at will, as one wishes [since the 19th Dynasty]
Synonyms
- r ꜣbb
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.5