qnb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛnɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: qeneb

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to bend, to bow
2. (transitive) to subjugate
3. (reflexive) to incline (oneself)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural qnb qnbw, qnb qnbt qnb qnb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 qnb ḥr qnb m qnb r qnb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect qnb.n qnbw, qnb consecutive qnb.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative qnbt perfective3 qnb active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 qnb.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective qnb active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 qnb qnbb potentialis1 qnb.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive qnb active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect qnb.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective qnb active + .tj1, .tw2 qnb qnb, qnbw5, qnby5 imperfective qnb, qnby, qnbw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 qnb, qnbj6, qnby6 qnb, qnbw5 prospective qnb, qnbtj7 — qnbtj4, qnbt4 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

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]