dbḥ

See also: dbh

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːbaħ/ → /ˈtʼaːbaħ/ → /ˈtʼaːbəħ/ → /ˈtʼoːβəħ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːbaħ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːbaħ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːbəħ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼoːβəħ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛbɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: debeh

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive, Old Egyptian) to need, to require (+ m-ꜥ: from (someone)) [Old Kingdom]
2. (transitive) to ask for, request [since the Old Kingdom]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural dbḥ dbḥw, dbḥ dbḥt dbḥ dbḥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 dbḥ ḥr dbḥ m dbḥ r dbḥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect dbḥ.n dbḥw, dbḥ consecutive dbḥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative dbḥt perfective3 dbḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dbḥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective dbḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 dbḥ dbḥḥ potentialis1 dbḥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive dbḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect dbḥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective dbḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 dbḥ dbḥ, dbḥw5, dbḥy5 imperfective dbḥ, dbḥy, dbḥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 dbḥ, dbḥj6, dbḥy6 dbḥ, dbḥw5 prospective dbḥ, dbḥtj7 — dbḥtj4, dbḥt4 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 dbḥ  

dbḥ

[Pyramid Texts]

Derived terms

• dbḥw
• dbḥt
• dbḥt-ḥtp

Descendants

• Demotic: tbḥ
  • Coptic: ⲧⲱⲃϩ (tōbh)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volumes 439.6–440.1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN