qbḥ

See also: qbH

Egyptian

Etymology

Connected to qbb (“to be cold”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛbɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: qebeh

Noun

 m

1. (euphemistic) death

Noun

 m

1. spring, fountain

Usage notes

Occurs only in some place names, usually possessed by some god or other.

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to purify
2. (intransitive) to make a libation

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural qbḥ qbḥw, qbḥ qbḥt qbḥ qbḥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 qbḥ ḥr qbḥ m qbḥ r qbḥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect qbḥ.n qbḥw, qbḥ consecutive qbḥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative qbḥt perfective3 qbḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 qbḥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective qbḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 qbḥ qbḥḥ potentialis1 qbḥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive qbḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect qbḥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective qbḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 qbḥ qbḥ, qbḥw5, qbḥy5 imperfective qbḥ, qbḥy, qbḥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 qbḥ, qbḥj6, qbḥy6 qbḥ, qbḥw5 prospective qbḥ, qbḥtj7 — qbḥtj4, qbḥt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qbḥ  

qbḥ

Derived terms

• sqbḥ (“to refresh”)
• qbḥw (“sky”)
• qbḥw (“vessel used for libations”)
• qbḥw (“cold water”)
• qbḥ-snw.f (“Qebehsenuef, a god”)
• qbḥt (“vessel used for libations”)

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN