Egyptian
Etymology
Connected to qbb ( “ to be cold ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
m
( euphemistic ) death
Noun
m
spring , fountain
Usage notes
Occurs only in some place names, usually possessed by some god or other.
Verb
3-lit.
( transitive ) to purify
( intransitive ) to make a libation
Inflection
Conjugation of qbḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: qbḥ , geminated stem: qbḥḥ
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
qbḥ
qbḥw , qbḥ
qbḥt
qbḥ
qbḥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
qbḥ
ḥr qbḥ
m qbḥ
r qbḥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
qbḥ.n
qbḥw , qbḥ
consecutive
qbḥ.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
qbḥt
perfective 3
qbḥ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
qbḥ.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
qbḥ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
qbḥ
qbḥḥ
potentialis1
qbḥ.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
qbḥ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
qbḥ.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
qbḥ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
qbḥ
qbḥ , qbḥw 5 , qbḥy 5
imperfective
qbḥ , qbḥy , qbḥw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
qbḥ , qbḥj 6 , qbḥy 6
qbḥ , qbḥw 5
prospective
qbḥ , qbḥtj 7
—
qbḥtj 4 , qbḥt 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 qbḥ
Derived terms
References