Possibly metathesized from bnbn ( “ to make flow, to swell ” ) .
4-lit.
( transitive ) bring forth or make flow (the inundation )
Conjugation of nbnb (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: nbnb
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
nbnb nbnbw , nbnb nbnbt nbnb nbnb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
nbnb ḥr nbnb m nbnb r nbnb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
nbnb.n nbnbw , nbnb consecutive
nbnb.jn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
nbnbt
perfective 3
nbnb active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 obligative1
nbnb.ḫr active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
nbnb active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
nbnbw , nbnb nbnbw , nbnb potentialis1
nbnb.kꜣ active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
nbnb active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
nbnb.n active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 —
—
perfective
nbnb active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 nbnb nbnb , nbnbw 5 , nbnby 5
imperfective
nbnb , nbnby , nbnbw 5 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 nbnb , nbnbj 6 , nbnby 6 nbnb , nbnbw 5
prospective
nbnb , nbnbtj 7 —
nbnbwtj 1 4 , nbnbtj 4 , nbnbt 4
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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
