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 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zbn  

sbn

References

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