ꜣbw

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Egyptian

Etymology 1

From ꜣb (“to tarry, avoid, cease”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

AbbwD54

 m

  1. cessation (+ m: cessation of (something))
Usage notes

This word is usually negated. It is almost exclusively used

  • in the negated phrases
    D35
    n    		 AbbwD54
     (nn ꜣbw),
    D35wn&n&t AbbwD54
     (nj wnt ꜣbw),
    D35xpr
    r    		 AbbwD54
     (nj ḫpr ꜣbw), and in Late Egyptian
    b
    n    		 AbbwD54
     (bn ꜣbw), to mean “unceasing, without end”; or
  • as part of
    irAbbwD54
     (jrj ꜣbw, “to cease”) and its infinitive
    ir
    t    		 AbbwD54
     (jrt ꜣbw, “cessation”), themselves often negated with nn, bn, tm, etc.
Inflection
Declension of ꜣbw (masculine)
singular ꜣbw
dual ꜣbwwj
plural ꜣbww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw  
AbbW
D54
iAbbD54
iAbbD41
iAb
iAbb
ꜣbw ꜣb ꜣb ꜣb ꜣb
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- (compare Tangale labata, Mukulu ʾelbi).

Likely related to ꜣb (“fingernail”) via the ‘ivory, tusk’ sense.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

AbbwE26

 m

  1. elephant
Inflection
Declension of ꜣbw (masculine)
singular ꜣbw
dual ꜣbwwj
plural ꜣbww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw  
AbwE26
ꜣbw
See also

Noun

Abbwqs

 m

  1. elephant tusk
  2. ivory
Inflection
Declension of ꜣbw (masculine)
singular
Abbwqs

ꜣbw
dual
AbbwwZ4qs

ꜣbwwj
plural
AbbwwqsZ3

ꜣbww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw  
AbbwbH
AbbbH
Abbqs
R15bw
N33A		 qs
iAbqs
ꜣbw ꜣb ꜣb ꜣbw ꜣb
Descendants
  • Demotic: yb

Proper noun

AbbWW7
N25

  m./f. topo.

  1. Elephantine (modern Aswan)
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw  
AbbE26wW7
N25
Abb
F100
O36B
wO49
AbW7b
AbbW7
N25
AbwO49
AbbW8
O49
ꜣbw ꜣbw ꜣb ꜣb ꜣbw ꜣb
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw  
W8
O49
AbbWAa2
N25
AbbwxAst
AbbAa2
N25		 O49
AbbAa2
N25
ꜣbw ꜣbw ꜣbw ꜣb ꜣb
Descendants

Etymology 3

Related to ꜣbt (“brand”).

Verb

AbbwQ7

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to brand (cattle or slaves) (+ m or + ḥr: to brand with (a seal or name, etc.))
  2. (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
 obligative1 ꜣbw.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ꜣbw
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ꜣbw
 ꜣbw
 potentialis1 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
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw  
AbbwT30
ꜣbw

Noun

AbbWQ7

 m

  1. (Late Egyptian) brand, branding iron
Inflection
Declension of ꜣbw (masculine)
singular ꜣbw
dual ꜣbwwj
plural ꜣbww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbw  
AbbQ7
ꜣb

Etymology 4

Noun

AbbwN33C
Z2ss

 m

  1. (medicine) a substance used medicinally
Inflection
Declension of ꜣbw (masculine)
singular ꜣbw
dual ꜣbwwj
plural ꜣbww

References

  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 2
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 6.9–6.23, 7.15–7.20, 7.22
  • Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, pages 7–9
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 339.
  • Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 49
  • Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎, volume Y (01.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, pages 7–10
  1. ^ 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
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