Possibly metathesized from bnbn ( “ to make flow, to swell ” ) .
4-lit.
( transitive ) to 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 , feminine .s /.sj , dual .sn /.snj , plural .sn .
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.