ntb

See also: NTB

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛtɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: neteb

Noun

 m

1. to swelter, to parch
   • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 21–22:

     ḫr.n jbt ꜣs.n.f w(j) ntb.kw ḫḫ.j ḫm.w

     Thirst fell and overtook me so that I was parched and my throat was like dust.

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ntb ntbw, ntb ntbt ntb ntb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ntb ḥr ntb m ntb r ntb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ntb.n ntbw, ntb consecutive ntb.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ntbt perfective3 ntb active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ntb.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ntb active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ntb ntbb potentialis1 ntb.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ntb active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ntb.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ntb active + .tj1, .tw2 ntb ntb, ntbw5, ntby5 imperfective ntb, ntby, ntbw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ntb, ntbj6, ntby6 ntb, ntbw5 prospective ntb, ntbtj7 — ntbtj4, ntbt4 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 356