hbj

See also: ḫbj

Egyptian

26th Dynasty (672-525), Gregorian Egyptian Museum

(one ibis)

(a flying ibis)

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈhibjaw/ → /ˈhijbaw/ → /ˈhiːbəʔ/ → /ˈhiːp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) /ˈhibjaw/ (singular); /hibˈjaːwaw/ (plural)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) /ˈhijbaw/ (singular); /hijˈbaːwaw/ (plural)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) /ˈhiːbəʔ/ (singular); /həjˈbaːjəʔ/ (plural)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) /ˈhiːp/ (singular); /həjˈβoːj/ (plural)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛbi/
  • Conventional anglicization: hebi

Noun

 m

1. ibis

Inflection

Declension of hbj (masculine)

singular	hbj
dual	hbjwj
plural	hbjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hbj  

hb

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ἶβις (îbis)
  • → Latin: ībis (see there for further descendants)
• Demotic: hb
  • ⇒ Coptic: ϩⲓⲃⲱⲓ (hibōi) (from the plural)

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN