zbj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛbi/
  • Conventional anglicization: zebi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to lead
2. (transitive) to send (someone)
3. (transitive) to accompany (someone) (+ r: to (some place); + n: to (someone else))

Inflection

Conjugation of zbj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: zb, geminated stem: zbb

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural zbt, zbj zbw, zb zbt, zbwt, zbyt zb zb, zby ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 zb8, zbb8 ḥr zbt, ḥr zbj m zbt, m zbj r zbt, r zbj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect zb.n zbw, zb, zby consecutive zb.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative zbt, zbyt perfective3 zb active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 zb.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective zb, zby active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 zbw, zb, zby zbw, zb, zby potentialis1 zb.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive zb, zby active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect zb.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective zbw1, zby, zb active + .tj1, .tw2 zb zby, zb imperfective zbb, zbby, zbbw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 zbb, zbbj6, zbby6 zbb, zbbw5 prospective zbw1, zby, zb, zbtj7 — zbwtj1 4, zbtj4, zbt4 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 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 98