nḫbḫb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛxɛbxɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: nekhebkheb

Verb

 5-lit.

1. (intransitive, usually of a door-bolt or door) to draw back, to open

Inflection

Conjugation of nḫbḫb (quinquiliteral / 5-lit. / 5rad.) — base stem: nḫbḫb

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nḫbḫb nḫbḫbw, nḫbḫb nḫbḫbt nḫbḫb nḫbḫb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nḫbḫb ḥr nḫbḫb m nḫbḫb r nḫbḫb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nḫbḫb.n consecutive nḫbḫb.jn terminative nḫbḫbt perfective3 nḫbḫb obligative1 nḫbḫb.ḫr imperfective nḫbḫb prospective3 nḫbḫbw, nḫbḫb potentialis1 nḫbḫb.kꜣ subjunctive nḫbḫb verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nḫbḫb.n — — perfective nḫbḫb nḫbḫb nḫbḫb, nḫbḫbw5, nḫbḫby5 imperfective nḫbḫb, nḫbḫby, nḫbḫbw5 nḫbḫb, nḫbḫbj6, nḫbḫby6 nḫbḫb, nḫbḫbw5 prospective nḫbḫb, nḫbḫbtj7 nḫbḫbwtj1 4, nḫbḫbtj4, nḫbḫbt4 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.

Derived terms

• snḫbḫb

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 158.