nb

See also: Nb, NB, nB, n.b., N.B., and N.-B.

English

Abbreviation

nb

(cricket) no ball
nota bene

Anagrams

B.N., Bn, Bn., bn, bn.

Demotic

Etymology

from Egyptian nb (“lord”),

Noun

nb m

lord

Descendants

Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb) (Bohairic, Old Coptic)

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: neb

Determiner

all, every

Inflection

Declension of nb

	masculine	feminine
singular	nb	nbt
dual	nbwj	nbtj
plural	nbw	nbwt¹, nbt²
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.

Derived terms

Descendants

Coptic: ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ (niben)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈniːbuw/ → /ˈniːbuw/ → /niːβ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: neb

Noun

m

lord, master
- The Stela of Nakhti, BM EA 143:
  
  wsjr nb ḏdw nṯr ꜥꜣ […]
  Osiris, Lord of Djedu, the great god […]
owner, possessor
an epithet of the king

Inflection

Declension of nb (masculine u-stem)

singular	nb
dual	nbwj
plural	nbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb

nb

when referring to the king

Derived terms

Terms derived from nb

Descendants

Demotic: nb
- Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb) (Bohairic, Old Coptic)

Etymology 3

Noun

m

(rare) damage, sin

Descendants

Demotic: nby, nbjt
- Coptic: ⲛⲟⲃⲉ (nobe) – Sahidic, ⲛⲟⲃⲓ (nobi) – Bohairic, ⲛⲁⲃⲉ (nabe) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, ⲛⲁⲃⲓ (nabi) – Fayyumic, ⲛⲁϥⲓ (nafi) – Fayyumic

References

↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36, 55

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106 — for the ‘sin’ sense, which is not found in the Wörterbuch.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 42

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[Loprieno-1] Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36, 55