Egyptian [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Perhaps compare nsbw ( “ flame ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] 3-lit.
( intransitive ) glow fiercely , to burn Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of ꜣzb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ꜣzb , geminated stem: ꜣzbb
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
ꜣzb ꜣzbw , ꜣzb ꜣzbt ꜣzb ꜣzb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
ꜣzb ḥr ꜣzb m ꜣzb r ꜣzb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
ꜣzb.n consecutive
ꜣzb.jn
terminative
ꜣzbt
perfective 3
ꜣzb obligative1
ꜣzb.ḫr
imperfective
ꜣzb
prospective 3
ꜣzb potentialis1
ꜣzb.kꜣ
subjunctive
ꜣzb
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
ꜣzb.n —
—
perfective
ꜣzb ꜣzb ꜣzb , ꜣzbw 5 , ꜣzby 5
imperfective
ꜣzb , ꜣzby , ꜣzbw 5 ꜣzb , ꜣzbj 6 , ꜣzby 6 ꜣzb , ꜣzbw 5
prospective
ꜣzb , ꜣzbtj 7 ꜣzbtj 4 , ꜣzbt 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.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣzb
Derived terms [ edit ] References [ edit ] Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1926 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN page 20.18 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 5 
