English
Noun
jb (plural jbs )
Initialism of jailbait .
Anagrams
Egyptian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Afroasiatic *lib ( “ heart ” ) , cognate with Proto-Semitic *libb- .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
m
heart
mind
Papyrus Chester Beatty V, The Hymn to the Nile flood [1] [ 2] :
smn mꜣꜥt m jbw rmṯ […] Truth is fixed in the minds of men […]
intention
c. 1552 BCE Kamose , Carnarvon Tablet I (Cairo JE 41790):
jb .j r nḥm kmt ḥ(w)t ꜥꜣmwMy intention is to save Egypt and smite the Asiatics.
emotional state
Inflection
Declension of jb (masculine)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
2-lit.
( intransitive ) to wish , to intend (+ r : to wish to, to intend to)
( transitive ) to think , to suppose
Inflection
Conjugation of jb (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: jb , geminated stem: jbb
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
jb
jbw , jb
jbt
jb , j.jb
jb , j.jb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
jb
ḥr jb
m jb
r jb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
jb.n
jbw , jb
consecutive
jb.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
jbt
perfective 3
jb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
jb.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
jb , j.jb 1
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
jb
jbb
potentialis1
jb.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
jb , j.jb 1
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
jb.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
jb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
jb
jbb , jbbj 6 , jb 2 , jbw 2 5 , jby 2 5
imperfective
j.jb 1 , jb , jby , jbw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
j.jb 1 , j.jbw 1 5 , jb , jbj 6 , jby 6
jb , jbw 5
prospective
jb , jbtj 7
—
jbtj 4 , jbt 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.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jb
Etymology 2
The template Template:egy-verb form of does not use the parameter(s): notdef=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning. perfective active participle of jbj ( “ to be(come) thirsty ” )
Pronunciation
Noun
m
thirsty man
Inflection
Declension of jb (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jb
References
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1926 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [2] , volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , pages 59.10–60.13, 61.11, 61.15
James P[eter] Allen (2010 ) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , pages 81, 166, 388, 456 .
↑ 1.0 1.1 Loprieno, Antonio (1995 ) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , page 31
^ Helck, Wolfgang (1972) Der Text des "Nilhymnus" , Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN , Page 65