dbn

See also: DBN

Egyptian

FWOTD – 28 November 2015

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːban/ → /ˈtʼiːban/ → /ˈtʼiːbən/ → /ˈtʼiːβən/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːban/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːban/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːbən/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːβən/; compare the Akkadian transcription 𒋾𒁀𒀭 (ti-ba-an)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛbɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: deben

Noun

 m

1. the metal counterweight in balance scales
2. an (earlier) deben, a measure of weight equivalent to about 13.6 grams. [Middle Kingdom]
3. a (later) deben, a measure of weight equivalent to 12 šnꜥtjw (“rings”) or 10 qdwt (“qites”) (about 91 grams). [since the end of the 12th Dynasty]

Inflection

Declension of dbn (masculine)

singular	dbn
dual	dbnwj
plural	dbnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dbn  

dbn	dbn	dbn	dbn

Noun

 m

1. a metal^? helmet

Inflection

Declension of dbn (masculine)

singular	dbn
dual	dbnwj
plural	dbnw

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛbɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: deben

Noun

 m

1. builder’s mortar

Inflection

Declension of dbn (masculine)

singular	dbn
dual	dbnwj
plural	dbnw

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛbɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: deben

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to go around, to circumambulate
2. (intransitive) to recur
3. (transitive) to encircle
   1. (+ m) to encircle with

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural dbn dbnw, dbn dbnt dbn dbn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 dbn ḥr dbn m dbn r dbn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect dbn.n dbnw, dbn consecutive dbn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative dbnt perfective3 dbn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dbn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective dbn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 dbn dbnn potentialis1 dbn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive dbn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect dbn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective dbn active + .tj1, .tw2 dbn dbn, dbnw5, dbny5 imperfective dbn, dbny, dbnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 dbn, dbnj6, dbny6 dbn, dbnw5 prospective dbn, dbntj7 — dbntj4, dbnt4 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 dbn  

dbn	dbn	dbn	dbn

Derived terms

• dbnw (“the circle of the sky”)
• dbnt (“the World Ocean”)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 105–106, 111, 323.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Ancient Egyptian Dictionary