znb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛnɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: zeneb

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to break through (a boundary, such as a wall or a series of boundary markers, by throwing it down)
2. (transitive) to destroy (evildoers) [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural znb znbw, znb znbt znb znb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 znb ḥr znb m znb r znb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect znb.n znbw, znb consecutive znb.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative znbt perfective3 znb active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 znb.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective znb active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 znb znbb potentialis1 znb.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive znb active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect znb.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective znb active + .tj1, .tw2 znb znb, znbw5, znby5 imperfective znb, znby, znbw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 znb, znbj6, znby6 znb, znbw5 prospective znb, znbtj7 — znbtj4, znbt4 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 znb  

znb

Noun

 m

1. battlement or parapet on top of a wall

Inflection

Declension of znb (masculine)

singular	znb
dual	znbwj
plural	znbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of znb  

znb

[Middle Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 458.6, 458.8–458.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 231