ṯb

ṯb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjeb

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive, chiefly in the stative) to be sandaled, to be shod (with sandals)
2. (transitive) to provide with sandals

Inflection

Conjugation of ṯb (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ṯb, geminated stem: ṯbb

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ṯb	ṯbw, ṯb	ṯbt	ṯb, j.ṯb	ṯb, j.ṯb

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ṯb.n	ṯbw, ṯb	consecutive	ṯb.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ṯbt
perfective3	ṯb	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	ṯb.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ṯb, j.ṯb1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ṯb	ṯbb	potentialis	ṯb.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ṯb, j.ṯb1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ṯb.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ṯb	active + .tj1, .tw2	ṯb	ṯbb, ṯbbj6, ṯb2, ṯbw2 5, ṯby2 5
imperfective	j.ṯb1, ṯb, ṯby, ṯbw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.ṯb1, j.ṯbw1 5, ṯb, ṯbj6, ṯby6	ṯb, ṯbw5
prospective	ṯb, ṯbtj7	—	ṯbtj4, ṯbt4
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.

Related terms

• ṯbwt

Noun

 m

1. crate or box for holding fowl [Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of ṯb (masculine)

singular	ṯb
dual	ṯbwj
plural	ṯbw

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 360.12, 363.6–363.10
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 304
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 213.