qbb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /qʼaˈbab/ → /qʼaˈbab/ → /qʼəˈbab/ → /qʼəˈβap/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /qʼaˈbab/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /qʼaˈbab/ (infinitive)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /qʼəˈbab/ (infinitive)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /qʼəˈβap/ (infinitive)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛbɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: qebeb

Verb

 2ae gem.

1. (intransitive) to cool, to be(come) cool
2. (intransitive, of people) to be(come) calm

Inflection

Conjugation of qbb (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: qb, geminated stem: qbb

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
qbb8	qbb	qbbt	qbb, qb	qbb, qb

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
qbb, qb	ḥr qbb	m qbb	r qbb

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	qbb.n, qb.n	consecutive	qb.jn
terminative	qbbt
perfective3	qb	obligative1	qbb.ḫr
imperfective	qbb
prospective3	qbb	potentialis1	qb.kꜣ
subjunctive	qb

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	qb.n	—	—
perfective	qb	qb	qb, qbw5, qby5
imperfective	qbb, qbby, qbbw5	qbb, qbbj6, qbby6	qbb, qbbw5
prospective	qb, qbtj7	qbbtj4, qbbt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine. qb before suffix pronouns.

Derived terms

• sqbb

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲃⲟⲃ (khbob)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲕⲃⲁⲃ (kbab)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲃⲟ (kbo), ⲕⲃⲁ (kba)