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 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. 8 qb before suffix pronouns.

Derived terms

• sqbb

Descendants

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