Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare Arabic حَسَبَ ( ḥasaba , “ to calculate, to count ” ) , Hebrew חָשַׁב ( ḥāšaḇ , “ to think ” ) , and Classical Syriac ܚܫܒ ( “ to think, to count, to calculate ” ) .
Verb
3-lit.
( transitive ) to calculate
( transitive ) to count
Inflection
Conjugation of ḥsb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥsb , geminated stem: ḥsbb
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
ḥsb
ḥsbw , ḥsb
ḥsbt
ḥsb
ḥsb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
ḥsb
ḥr ḥsb
m ḥsb
r ḥsb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
ḥsb.n
ḥsbw , ḥsb
consecutive
ḥsb.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
ḥsbt
perfective 3
ḥsb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
ḥsb.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
ḥsb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
ḥsb
ḥsbb
potentialis1
ḥsb.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
ḥsb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
ḥsb.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
ḥsb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
ḥsb
ḥsb , ḥsbw 5 , ḥsby 5
imperfective
ḥsb , ḥsby , ḥsbw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
ḥsb , ḥsbj 6 , ḥsby 6
ḥsb , ḥsbw 5
prospective
ḥsb , ḥsbtj 7
—
ḥsbtj 4 , ḥsbt 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.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
3-lit.
( transitive ) to break
Inflection
Conjugation of ḥsb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥsb , geminated stem: ḥsbb
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
ḥsb
ḥsbw , ḥsb
ḥsbt
ḥsb
ḥsb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
ḥsb
ḥr ḥsb
m ḥsb
r ḥsb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
ḥsb.n
ḥsbw , ḥsb
consecutive
ḥsb.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
ḥsbt
perfective 3
ḥsb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
ḥsb.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
ḥsb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
ḥsb
ḥsbb
potentialis1
ḥsb.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
ḥsb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
ḥsb.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
ḥsb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
ḥsb
ḥsb , ḥsbw 5 , ḥsby 5
imperfective
ḥsb , ḥsby , ḥsbw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
ḥsb , ḥsbj 6 , ḥsby 6
ḥsb , ḥsbw 5
prospective
ḥsb , ḥsbtj 7
—
ḥsbtj 4 , ḥsbt 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.
Noun
m
( medicine ) fracture
Inflection
Declension of ḥsb (masculine)
References
Hoch, James (1997 ) Middle Egyptian Grammar , Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN , pages 3, 157