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3-lit.
( transitive ) to break up (the soil ), especially by ploughing
( transitive ) to break apart , to destroy (enemies or places)
This verb is almost exclusively found in religious texts.
Conjugation of ḫbs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫbs , geminated stem: ḫbss
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
ḫbs
ḫbsw , ḫbs
ḫbst
ḫbs
ḫbs
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
ḫbs
ḥr ḫbs
m ḫbs
r ḫbs
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
ḫbs.n
ḫbsw , ḫbs
consecutive
ḫbs.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
ḫbst
perfective 3
ḫbs
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
ḫbs.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
ḫbs
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
ḫbs
ḫbss
potentialis1
ḫbs.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
ḫbs
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
ḫbs.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
ḫbs
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
ḫbs
ḫbs , ḫbsw 5 , ḫbsy 5
imperfective
ḫbs , ḫbsy , ḫbsw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
ḫbs , ḫbsj 6 , ḫbsy 6
ḫbs , ḫbsw 5
prospective
ḫbs , ḫbstj 7
—
ḫbstj 4 , ḫbst 4
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 , dual .sn /.snj , plural .sn .
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫbs
3-lit.
( transitive , of hippopotamus hunters) to plough through (water ) [Greco-Roman Period]
Conjugation of ḫbs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫbs , geminated stem: ḫbss
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
ḫbs
ḫbsw , ḫbs
ḫbst
ḫbs
ḫbs
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
ḫbs
ḥr ḫbs
m ḫbs
r ḫbs
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
ḫbs.n
ḫbsw , ḫbs
consecutive
ḫbs.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
ḫbst
perfective 3
ḫbs
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
ḫbs.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
ḫbs
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
ḫbs
ḫbss
potentialis1
ḫbs.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
ḫbs
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
ḫbs.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
ḫbs
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
ḫbs
ḫbs , ḫbsw 5 , ḫbsy 5
imperfective
ḫbs , ḫbsy , ḫbsw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
ḫbs , ḫbsj 6 , ḫbsy 6
ḫbs , ḫbsw 5
prospective
ḫbs , ḫbstj 7
—
ḫbstj 4 , ḫbst 4
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 , dual .sn /.snj , plural .sn .
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫbs
m
( usually in the plural ) ploughland
Declension of ḫbs (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫbs
m
violence [Late Period to Greco-Roman Period]
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1929 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] , volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , pages 256.1–256.10, 256.13–256.16
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN , pages 187–188