dbḥ

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See also: dbh

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼaːbaħ//ˈtʼaːbaħ//ˈtʼaːbəħ//ˈtʼoːβəħ/

Verb

d
bH
bHA2

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive, Old Egyptian) to need, to require (+ m-ꜥ: from (someone))
  2. (transitive) to ask for, request

Inflection

Conjugation of dbḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: dbḥ, geminated stem: dbḥḥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
dbḥ
dbḥw, dbḥ
dbḥt
dbḥ
dbḥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
dbḥ
ḥr dbḥ
m dbḥ
r dbḥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect dbḥ.n
dbḥw, dbḥ
consecutive dbḥ.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative dbḥt
perfective3 dbḥ
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 dbḥ.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective dbḥ
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 dbḥ
dbḥḥ
potentialis1 dbḥ.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive dbḥ
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect dbḥ.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective dbḥ
active + .tj1, .tw2
dbḥ
dbḥ, dbḥw5, dbḥy5
imperfective dbḥ, dbḥy, dbḥw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
dbḥ, dbḥj6, dbḥy6
dbḥ, dbḥw5
prospective dbḥ, dbḥtj7
dbḥtj4, dbḥt4

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic: tbḥ

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