zbn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛbɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: zeben

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to glide away, to slide, to tumble, to diverge

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
zbn	zbnw, zbn	zbnt	zbn	zbn

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
zbn	ḥr zbn	m zbn	r zbn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	zbn.n	consecutive	zbn.jn
terminative	zbnt
perfective3	zbn	obligative1	zbn.ḫr
imperfective	zbn
prospective3	zbn	potentialis1	zbn.kꜣ
subjunctive	zbn

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	zbn.n	—	—
perfective	zbn	zbn	zbn, zbnw5, zbny5
imperfective	zbn, zbny, zbnw5	zbn, zbnj6, zbny6	zbn, zbnw5
prospective	zbn, zbntj7	zbntj4, zbnt4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zbn  

sbn

References

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