wꜥb
Egyptian
FWOTD – 19 August 2017
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /waˈʕab/ → /waˈʕab/ → /wəˈʕap/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɑːb/
- Conventional anglicization: wab
Verb
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3-lit.
Inflection
Conjugation of wꜥb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wꜥb, geminated stem: wꜥbb
| infinitival forms | imperative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
| wꜥb |
wꜥbw, wꜥb |
wꜥbt |
wꜥb |
wꜥb |
| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
| wꜥb |
ḥr wꜥb |
m wꜥb |
r wꜥb |
| suffix conjugation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
| aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
| perfect | wꜥb.n |
wꜥbw, wꜥb |
consecutive | wꜥb.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
| active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
| terminative | wꜥbt | ||||
| perfective3 | wꜥb |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative | wꜥb.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
| imperfective | wꜥb |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
| prospective3 | wꜥb |
wꜥbb |
potentialis | wꜥb.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
| active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
| subjunctive | wꜥb |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
| verbal adjectives | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
| active | passive | active | passive | |
| perfect | wꜥb.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
| perfective | wꜥb |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
wꜥb |
wꜥb, wꜥbw5, wꜥby5 |
| imperfective | wꜥb, wꜥby, wꜥbw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
wꜥb, wꜥbj6, wꜥby6 |
wꜥb, wꜥbw5 |
| prospective | wꜥb, wꜥbtj7 |
— | wꜥbtj4, wꜥbt4 | |
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
perfective active participle of wꜥb
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɑːb/
- Conventional anglicization: wab
Adjective
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- pure, clean
- c. 13th Dynasty, Naos of Hori, Kunsthistorisches Museum 186, Vienna:
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- ḫt nbt nfrt wꜥbt ꜥnḫt nṯr jm
- […] all things good and pure on which a god lives.
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- c. 13th Dynasty, Naos of Hori, Kunsthistorisches Museum 186, Vienna:
Inflection
Declension of wꜥb (perfective active participle)
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | wꜥb |
wꜥbt |
| dual | wꜥbwj |
wꜥbtj |
| plural | wꜥbw |
wꜥbwt1, wꜥbt2 |
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Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈwiːʕab/ → /ˈwiːʕab/ → /ˈweːʕəp/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɑːb/
- Conventional anglicization: wab
Noun
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m
- the lowest level of priest, literally a “cleaner”, responsible for cleaning and purifying the temple and preparing ritual offerings
- c. 2015 BCE, Meru, Stela of Meru (Turin 1447), textfield lines 2-4:
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- j ꜥnḫw tp(j)w tꜣ
wnnt(j).s⟨n⟩ m šmsw n(j) ḫnt(j)-jmntjw n(j) wp-wꜣwt mrrw ꜥnḫ msḏḏw ḫpt
wꜥbw nw nṯr ꜥꜣ ḥmw-nṯr nbw nw ꜣbḏw - O living ones who are on the earth,
who will be in the retinue of Khentamentiu and Wepwawet, who love life and hate dying,
cleaner-priests of the great god and all priests of Abydos!
- j ꜥnḫw tp(j)w tꜣ
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- c. 2015 BCE, Meru, Stela of Meru (Turin 1447), textfield lines 2-4:
Inflection
Declension of wꜥb (masculine)
| singular | wꜥb |
|---|---|
| dual | wꜥbwj |
| plural | wꜥbw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜥb
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| wꜥb | wꜥb | |||||||||||||||
Descendants
References
- Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 41, 54
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