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
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. 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