nbnb

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly metathesized from bnbn (“to make flow, to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbnɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: nebneb

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to bring forth or make flow (the inundation)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nbnb nbnbw, nbnb nbnbt nbnb nbnb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nbnb ḥr nbnb m nbnb r nbnb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect nbnb.n nbnbw, nbnb consecutive nbnb.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative nbnbt perfective3 nbnb active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 nbnb.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective nbnb active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 nbnbw, nbnb nbnbw, nbnb potentialis1 nbnb.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive nbnb active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect nbnb.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective nbnb active + .tj1, .tw2 nbnb nbnb, nbnbw5, nbnby5 imperfective nbnb, nbnby, nbnbw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 nbnb, nbnbj6, nbnby6 nbnb, nbnbw5 prospective nbnb, nbnbtj7 — nbnbwtj1 4, nbnbtj4, nbnbt4 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 (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 245.7