ꜣbw
Egyptian
Etymology 1
From ꜣb (“to tarry, avoid, cease”).
Noun
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m
Usage notes
This word is only used in the negated phrases nn ꜣbw, bn ꜣbw, n wnt ꜣbw, and n ḫpr ꜣbw to mean “unceasing, unstoppable” and as part of jrjꜣbw (“cessation”) and negated versions thereof.
Inflection
Declension of ꜣbw (masculine)
| singular | ꜣbw |
|---|---|
| dual | ꜣbwwj |
| plural | ꜣbww |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Terms derived from ꜣbw
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *leb- (compare Tangale labata, Mukulu ʾelbi).[1]
The component hieroglyphs are 𓍋 (ꜣb) + phonetic complement 𓃀 (b) + 𓅱 (w) + a determinative: 𓃰 (“elephant”), 𓌟 (“bone”), or 𓎵 and 𓈉 (“land”) depending on meaning.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʀuːbaw/ → /ˈʀuːbaw/ → /ˈjuːbəʔ/ → /ˈjeːβ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑbuː/
- Conventional anglicization: abu
Noun
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m
- elephant [Old Kingdom to New Kingdom]
Inflection
Declension of ꜣbw (masculine)
| singular | ꜣbw |
|---|---|
| dual | ꜣbwwj |
| plural | ꜣbww |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw
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Noun
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m
Inflection
Declension of ꜣbw (masculine)
| singular |
ꜣbw | |||||||
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| dual |
ꜣbwwj | |||||||
| plural |
ꜣbww |
Alternative forms
Descendants
Proper noun
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f
- Elephantine (modern Aswan)
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Aramaic: יב
- Ancient Greek: Ἰηβ (Iēb)
- Coptic: ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb)
Etymology 3
Related to ꜣbt (“brand”).
Verb
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3-lit.
- (transitive) to brand (cattle or slaves) (+ m or + ḥr: to brand with (a seal or name, etc.)) [since New Kingdom literature]
- (transitive) to scorch (the skin)
Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣbw (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ꜣbw
| infinitival forms | imperative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
| ꜣbw |
ꜣbww, ꜣbw |
ꜣbwt |
ꜣbw |
ꜣbw |
| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
| ꜣbw |
ḥr ꜣbw |
m ꜣbw |
r ꜣbw |
| suffix conjugation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
| aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
| perfect | ꜣbw.n |
ꜣbww, ꜣbw |
consecutive | ꜣbw.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
| active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
| terminative | ꜣbwt | ||||
| perfective3 | ꜣbw |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative | ꜣbw.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
| imperfective | ꜣbw |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
| prospective3 | ꜣbw |
ꜣbw |
potentialis | ꜣbw.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
| active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
| subjunctive | ꜣbw |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
| verbal adjectives | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
| active | passive | active | passive | |
| perfect | ꜣbw.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
| perfective | ꜣbw |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ꜣbw |
ꜣbw, ꜣbww5, ꜣbwy5 |
| imperfective | ꜣbw, ꜣbwy, ꜣbww5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ꜣbw, ꜣbwj6, ꜣbwy6 |
ꜣbw, ꜣbww5 |
| prospective | ꜣbw, ꜣbwtj7 |
— | ꜣbwtj4, ꜣbwt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw
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Etymology 4
Noun
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m
Inflection
Declension of ꜣbw (masculine)
| singular | ꜣbw |
|---|---|
| dual | ꜣbwwj |
| plural | ꜣbww |
References
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*leb-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 1662, page 360
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 339
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