ꜣb
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑb/
- Conventional anglicization: ab
Etymology 1
Related to ꜣbb (“to separate from”).
Verb
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2-lit.
- (intransitive) to stop, to take a break [since Middle Kingdom literature]
- (transitive, with an infinitive; in the Greco-Roman Period, with r, m, or n and an infinitive) to cease or stop (doing something)
- (transitive) to avoid
- (transitive with ḥr) to tarry or stay for a while with (someone)
- (transitive with r) to part with, to separate from [Late Period to Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣb (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ꜣb, geminated stem: ꜣbb
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ꜣb | ꜣbw, ꜣb | ꜣbt | ꜣb, j.ꜣb | ꜣb, j.ꜣb |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ꜣb | ḥr ꜣb | m ꜣb | r ꜣb |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ꜣb.n | ꜣbw, ꜣb | consecutive | ꜣb.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ꜣbt | ||||
perfective3 | ꜣb | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | ꜣb.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ꜣb, j.ꜣb1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ꜣb | ꜣbb | potentialis1 | ꜣb.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ꜣb, j.ꜣb1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ꜣb.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | ꜣb | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ꜣb | ꜣbb, ꜣbbj6, ꜣb2, ꜣbw2 5, ꜣby2 5 |
imperfective | j.ꜣb1, ꜣb, ꜣby, ꜣbw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | j.ꜣb1, j.ꜣbw1 5, ꜣb, ꜣbj6, ꜣby6 | ꜣb, ꜣbw5 |
prospective | ꜣb, ꜣbtj7 | — | ꜣbtj4, ꜣbt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣb
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ꜣb | ꜣbj | ꜣb | |||||||||||
[New Kingdom] | [New Kingdom] | [Greco-Roman Period] |
Derived terms
- ꜣbw
- jrj ꜣbw
Etymology 2
Likely related to ꜣbw (“elephant, ivory, tusk”).
Noun
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m
- fingernail [Late Period]
Inflection
Declension of ꜣb (masculine)
singular | ꜣb |
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dual | ꜣbwj |
plural | ꜣbw |
Descendants
- Demotic: yb
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲃ (eib), ⲓⲉⲓⲃ (ieib)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲉⲃ (ieb), ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲓϥ (if)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲃ (eib), ⲉⲓⲉⲓⲃ (eieib), ⲉⲓⲉⲃ (eieb)
References
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 2
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 6.2–6.8, 7.21
- Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 7–9
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 272.
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 76