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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to send (someone, e.g. on an errand) (+ r: to (some place))
- (transitive) to send (word) (+ n: to (someone); + ḥr: about)
Inflection
Conjugation of hꜣb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: hꜣb, geminated stem: hꜣbb
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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hꜣb
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hꜣbw, hꜣb
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hꜣbt
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hꜣb
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hꜣb
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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hꜣb
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ḥr hꜣb
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m hꜣb
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r hꜣb
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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hꜣb.n
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hꜣbw, hꜣb
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consecutive
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hꜣb.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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hꜣbt
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| perfective3
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hꜣb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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hꜣb.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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hꜣb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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hꜣb
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hꜣbb
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potentialis1
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hꜣb.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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hꜣb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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hꜣb.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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hꜣb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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hꜣb
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hꜣb, hꜣbw5, hꜣby5
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| imperfective
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hꜣb, hꜣby, hꜣbw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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hꜣb, hꜣbj6, hꜣby6
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hꜣb, hꜣbw5
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| prospective
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hꜣb, hꜣbtj7
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—
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hꜣbtj4, hꜣbt4
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- Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
- Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
- 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.
- Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
- Only in the masculine singular.
- Only in the masculine.
- Only in the feminine.
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Descendants
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 221.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 42
