jꜣbj

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps related to Egyptian jb "heart" < earlier Afroasiatic *lib-. Suffixed with -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑbi/
  • Conventional anglicization: iabi

Adjective

1. eastern
2. left (direction)

Inflection

Declension of jꜣbj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	jꜣbj	jꜣbt
dual	jꜣbjwj, jꜣbwj	jꜣbtj
plural	jꜣbjw, jꜣbw	jꜣbwt1, jꜣbt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣbj  

jꜣb

Synonyms

• jꜣbtj

Antonyms

• jmntj
• jmn

Derived terms

• jꜣbt
• jꜣbtj
• jꜣbtt

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 243
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 30.1–30.9