ꜥbꜥb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to boast (+ m: to boast of)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜥbꜥb ꜥbꜥbw, ꜥbꜥb ꜥbꜥbt ꜥbꜥb ꜥbꜥb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜥbꜥb ḥr ꜥbꜥb m ꜥbꜥb r ꜥbꜥb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ꜥbꜥb.n consecutive ꜥbꜥb.jn terminative ꜥbꜥbt perfective3 ꜥbꜥb obligative1 ꜥbꜥb.ḫr imperfective ꜥbꜥb prospective3 ꜥbꜥbw, ꜥbꜥb potentialis1 ꜥbꜥb.kꜣ subjunctive ꜥbꜥb verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ꜥbꜥb.n — — perfective ꜥbꜥb ꜥbꜥb ꜥbꜥb, ꜥbꜥbw5, ꜥbꜥby5 imperfective ꜥbꜥb, ꜥbꜥby, ꜥbꜥbw5 ꜥbꜥb, ꜥbꜥbj6, ꜥbꜥby6 ꜥbꜥb, ꜥbꜥbw5 prospective ꜥbꜥb, ꜥbꜥbtj7 ꜥbꜥbwtj1 4, ꜥbꜥbtj4, ꜥbꜥbt4 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 ꜥbꜥb  

ꜥbꜥ

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 169.