Egyptian [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳrb- *ḳlb- Arabic ق ل ب ( q l b ) .[1]
Pronunciation [ edit ] 3-lit.
( intransitive ) turn off to the side Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of ḏnb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḏnb , geminated stem: ḏnbb
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
ḏnb ḏnbw , ḏnb ḏnbt ḏnb ḏnb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
ḏnb ḥr ḏnb m ḏnb r ḏnb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
ḏnb.n consecutive
ḏnb.jn
terminative
ḏnbt
perfective 3
ḏnb obligative1
ḏnb.ḫr
imperfective
ḏnb
prospective 3
ḏnb potentialis1
ḏnb.kꜣ
subjunctive
ḏnb
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
ḏnb.n —
—
perfective
ḏnb ḏnb ḏnb , ḏnbw 5 , ḏnby 5
imperfective
ḏnb , ḏnby , ḏnbw 5 ḏnb , ḏnbj 6 , ḏnby 6 ḏnb , ḏnbw 5
prospective
ḏnb , ḏnbtj 7 ḏnbtj 4 , ḏnbt 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.
References [ edit ]
^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995 ) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN page 32 
