dbꜣ

See also: ḏbꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛbɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: deba

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to fall, to lose consciousness, to faint
   • Tomb of Ankhmahor, relief showing circumcision, Saqqara :

     nḏr sw m rḏj dbꜣ.f

     Hold him fast. Do not let him faint.

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural dbꜣ dbꜣw, dbꜣ dbꜣt dbꜣ dbꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 dbꜣ ḥr dbꜣ m dbꜣ r dbꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect dbꜣ.n dbꜣw, dbꜣ consecutive dbꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative dbꜣt perfective3 dbꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dbꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective dbꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 dbꜣ dbꜣꜣ potentialis1 dbꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive dbꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect dbꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective dbꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 dbꜣ dbꜣ, dbꜣw5, dbꜣy5 imperfective dbꜣ, dbꜣy, dbꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 dbꜣ, dbꜣj6, dbꜣy6 dbꜣ, dbꜣw5 prospective dbꜣ, dbꜣtj7 — dbꜣtj4, dbꜣt4 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 (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 435