ꜣzb

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps compare nsbw (“flame”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑzɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: azeb

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to glow fiercely, to burn

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜣzb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ꜣzb, geminated stem: ꜣzbb

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜣzb ꜣzbw, ꜣzb ꜣzbt ꜣzb ꜣzb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜣzb ḥr ꜣzb m ꜣzb r ꜣzb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ꜣzb.n consecutive ꜣzb.jn terminative ꜣzbt perfective3 ꜣzb obligative1 ꜣzb.ḫr imperfective ꜣzb prospective3 ꜣzb potentialis1 ꜣzb.kꜣ subjunctive ꜣzb verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ꜣzb.n — — perfective ꜣzb ꜣzb ꜣzb, ꜣzbw5, ꜣzby5 imperfective ꜣzb, ꜣzby, ꜣzbw5 ꜣzb, ꜣzbj6, ꜣzby6 ꜣzb, ꜣzbw5 prospective ꜣzb, ꜣzbtj7 ꜣzbtj4, ꜣzbt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣzb  

ꜣsb

Derived terms

• ꜣsbyw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 20.18
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5