hbhb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛbhɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: hebheb

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to knead

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural hbhb hbhbw, hbhb hbhbt hbhb hbhb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 hbhb ḥr hbhb m hbhb r hbhb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect hbhb.n hbhbw, hbhb consecutive hbhb.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative hbhbt perfective3 hbhb active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 hbhb.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective hbhb active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 hbhbw, hbhb hbhbw, hbhb potentialis1 hbhb.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive hbhb active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect hbhb.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective hbhb active + .tj1, .tw2 hbhb hbhb, hbhbw5, hbhby5 imperfective hbhb, hbhby, hbhbw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 hbhb, hbhbj6, hbhby6 hbhb, hbhbw5 prospective hbhb, hbhbtj7 — hbhbwtj1 4, hbhbtj4, hbhbt4 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

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 308.