ꜣbꜣb

Egyptian

Etymology

Probably a reduplication of ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑbɑb/
  • Conventional anglicization: abab

Verb

 4-lit.

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Middle Kingdom]
   1. (intransitive) to be(come) delighted

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜣbꜣb (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜣbꜣb

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜣbꜣb ꜣbꜣbw, ꜣbꜣb ꜣbꜣbt ꜣbꜣb ꜣbꜣb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜣbꜣb ḥr ꜣbꜣb m ꜣbꜣb r ꜣbꜣb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ꜣbꜣb.n consecutive ꜣbꜣb.jn terminative ꜣbꜣbt perfective3 ꜣbꜣb obligative1 ꜣbꜣb.ḫr imperfective ꜣbꜣb prospective3 ꜣbꜣbw, ꜣbꜣb potentialis1 ꜣbꜣb.kꜣ subjunctive ꜣbꜣb verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ꜣbꜣb.n — — perfective ꜣbꜣb ꜣbꜣb ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣbw5, ꜣbꜣby5 imperfective ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣby, ꜣbꜣbw5 ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣbj6, ꜣbꜣby6 ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣbw5 prospective ꜣbꜣb, ꜣbꜣbtj7 ꜣbꜣbwtj1 4, ꜣbꜣbtj4, ꜣbꜣbt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 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. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 8.3
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 2