ḥbs

See also: HBs

Egyptian

3-lit.

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ḥbs	ḥbsw, ḥbs	ḥbst	ḥbs	ḥbs

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḥbs.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	ḥbs	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ḥbs	ḥbs, ḥbsw⁵, ḥbsy⁵
imperfective	ḥbs, ḥbsy, ḥbsw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ḥbs, ḥbsj⁶, ḥbsy⁶	ḥbs, ḥbsw⁵
prospective	ḥbs, ḥbstj⁷	—	ḥbstj⁴, ḥbst⁴
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.

m

Declension of ḥbs (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥbs

ḥbs

Demotic: ḥbs
- Coptic: ϩⲃⲟⲟⲥ (hboos) – Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan; ϩⲃⲟⲥ (hbos) – Sahidic, Bohairic; ϩⲃⲱⲥ (hbōs) – Sahidic, Bohairic; ϩⲃⲁⲥ (hbas) – Fayyumic, Lycopolitan

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 198.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 157, 163