bꜣ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /bɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: ba
Noun
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m
- The soul or personality of a being, which, in Egyptian belief survived after death but needed to be sustained with offerings of food; ba.
Inflection
Declension of bꜣ (masculine)
singular | bꜣ |
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dual | bꜣwj |
plural | bꜣw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣ
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bꜣ | bꜣ | bꜣ |
Derived terms
- bꜣw (“the dead (as a collective)”)
Descendants
- Coptic: ⲃⲁⲓ (bai) "screech-owl, night raven, spirit"
Noun
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m
- ram
Inflection
Declension of bꜣ (masculine)
singular | bꜣ |
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dual | bꜣwj |
plural | bꜣw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣ
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bꜣ | bꜣ |
Descendants
- Coptic: ⲃⲁⲁⲙⲡⲉ (baampe) (from bꜣ ꜥꜣ n pt "he-goat of heaven")
Noun
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m
- leopard
Inflection
Declension of bꜣ (masculine)
singular | bꜣ |
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dual | bꜣwj |
plural | bꜣw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣ
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bꜣ |
Related terms
- ꜣby
Noun
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m
- leopard skin
Inflection
Declension of bꜣ (masculine)
singular | bꜣ |
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dual | bꜣwj |
plural | bꜣw |
Verb
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2-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) animate, to possess a ba
Inflection
Conjugation of bꜣ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: bꜣ, geminated stem: bꜣꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
bꜣ | bꜣw, bꜣ | bꜣt | bꜣ, j.bꜣ | bꜣ, j.bꜣ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
bꜣ | ḥr bꜣ | m bꜣ | r bꜣ |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | bꜣ.n | consecutive | bꜣ.jn |
terminative | bꜣt | ||
perfective3 | bꜣ | obligative | bꜣ.ḫr |
imperfective | bꜣ, j.bꜣ1 | ||
prospective3 | bꜣ | potentialis | bꜣ.kꜣ |
subjunctive | bꜣ, j.bꜣ1 |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | bꜣ.n | — | — |
perfective | bꜣ | bꜣ | bꜣꜣ, bꜣꜣj6, bꜣ2, bꜣw2 5, bꜣy2 5 |
imperfective | j.bꜣ1, bꜣ, bꜣy, bꜣw5 | j.bꜣ1, j.bꜣw1 5, bꜣ, bꜣj6, bꜣy6 | bꜣ, bꜣw5 |
prospective | bꜣ, bꜣtj7 | bꜣtj4, bꜣt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣ
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bꜣ |
Etymology 5
Perhaps from root consonants b-l.
Verb
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2-lit.
- (transitive) dig up earth, hoe
- (transitive) destroy
Inflection
Conjugation of bꜣ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: bꜣ, geminated stem: bꜣꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
bꜣ | bꜣw, bꜣ | bꜣt | bꜣ, j.bꜣ | bꜣ, j.bꜣ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
bꜣ | ḥr bꜣ | m bꜣ | r bꜣ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | bꜣ.n | bꜣw, bꜣ | consecutive | bꜣ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | bꜣt | ||||
perfective3 | bꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | bꜣ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | bꜣ, j.bꜣ1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | bꜣ | bꜣꜣ | potentialis | bꜣ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | bꜣ, j.bꜣ1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | bꜣ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | bꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | bꜣ | bꜣꜣ, bꜣꜣj6, bꜣ2, bꜣw2 5, bꜣy2 5 |
imperfective | j.bꜣ1, bꜣ, bꜣy, bꜣw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | j.bꜣ1, j.bꜣw1 5, bꜣ, bꜣj6, bꜣy6 | bꜣ, bꜣw5 |
prospective | bꜣ, bꜣtj7 | — | bꜣtj4, bꜣt4 | |
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Related terms
- brbr "to dig"
- ⲃⲟⲗⲃⲗ (bolbl) "to dig up"
References
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN