jnb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /inɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: ineb

Noun

 m

1. wall

Inflection

Declension of jnb (masculine)

singular	jnb
dual	jnbwj
plural	jnbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnb  

jnb

Derived terms

• jnb-ḥḏ (“Memphis”)
• jnbt (“fence”)

 

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to separate with walls, to enclose with walls

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
jnb	jnbw, jnb	jnbt	jnb	jnb

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	jnb.n	jnbw, jnb	consecutive	jnb.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	jnbt
perfective3	jnb	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	jnb.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	jnb	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	jnb	jnbb	potentialis1	jnb.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	jnb	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	jnb.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	jnb	active + .tj1, .tw2	jnb	jnb, jnbw5, jnby5
imperfective	jnb, jnby, jnbw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	jnb, jnbj6, jnby6	jnb, jnbw5
prospective	jnb, jnbtj7	—	jnbtj4, jnbt4
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.

References

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