wbꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛbɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: weba

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to open

Inflection

Conjugation of wbꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wbꜣ, geminated stem: wbꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wbꜣ	wbꜣw, wbꜣ	wbꜣt	wbꜣ	wbꜣ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
wbꜣ	ḥr wbꜣ	m wbꜣ	r wbꜣ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wbꜣ.n	wbꜣw, wbꜣ	consecutive	wbꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wbꜣt
perfective3	wbꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wbꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wbꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wbꜣ	wbꜣꜣ	potentialis1	wbꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wbꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wbꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wbꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	wbꜣ	wbꜣ, wbꜣw5, wbꜣy5
imperfective	wbꜣ, wbꜣy, wbꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wbꜣ, wbꜣj6, wbꜣy6	wbꜣ, wbꜣw5
prospective	wbꜣ, wbꜣtj7	—	wbꜣtj4, wbꜣt4
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

• wbꜣ jb

Synonyms

• wpj
• wn
• swn
• zn
• kfꜣ

Noun

 m

1. butler, cupbearer

   Synonym: wdpw

2. a priestly title [New Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of wbꜣ (masculine)

singular	wbꜣ
dual	wbꜣwj
plural	wbꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wbꜣ  

wbw	wb	wbw	wb	wbꜣ	wbw	wbw
[Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[19th Dynasty]	[19th Dynasty]

Derived terms

• wbꜣyt
• wbꜣ nswt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 292.1–292.6
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 169.