qbḥ

qbḥ

See also: qbH

Egyptian

Etymology

Connected to qbb (“to be cold”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛbɛħ/
  • Conventional anglicization: qebeh

Noun

 m

1. (euphemistic) death

Noun

 m

1. spring, fountain

Usage notes

Occurs only in some place names, usually possessed by some god or other.

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to purify
2. (intransitive) to make a libation

Inflection

Conjugation of qbḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: qbḥ, geminated stem: qbḥḥ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
qbḥ	qbḥw, qbḥ	qbḥt	qbḥ	qbḥ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
qbḥ	ḥr qbḥ	m qbḥ	r qbḥ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	qbḥ.n	qbḥw, qbḥ	consecutive	qbḥ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	qbḥt
perfective3	qbḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	qbḥ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	qbḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	qbḥ	qbḥḥ	potentialis	qbḥ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	qbḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	qbḥ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	qbḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2	qbḥ	qbḥ, qbḥw5, qbḥy5
imperfective	qbḥ, qbḥy, qbḥw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	qbḥ, qbḥj6, qbḥy6	qbḥ, qbḥw5
prospective	qbḥ, qbḥtj7	—	qbḥtj4, qbḥt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qbḥ  

qbḥ

Derived terms

• qbḥw (“cold water”)
• qbḥw (“vessel used for libations”)
• qbḥw (“sky”)
• qbḥ-snw.f (“Qebehsenuef, a god”)
• qbḥt (“vessel used for libations”)

 

References

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN