Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Babm with q as a placeholder.
Symbol
qbb
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for reserved for local use.
- CLCR code for Babm.
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /qʼaˈbab/ → /qʼaˈbab/ → /qʼəˈbab/ → /qʼəˈβap/
Verb
2ae gem.
- (intransitive) to cool, to be(come) cool
- (intransitive, of people) to be(come) calm
Inflection
Conjugation of qbb (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: qb, geminated stem: qbb
| 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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qbb8
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qbb
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qbbt
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qbb, qb
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qbb, qb
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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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qbb, qb
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ḥr qbb
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m qbb
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r qbb
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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qbb.n, qb.n
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consecutive
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qb.jn
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| terminative
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qbbt
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| perfective3
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qb
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obligative1
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qbb.ḫr
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| imperfective
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qbb
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| prospective3
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qbb
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potentialis1
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qb.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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qb
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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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active
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passive
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| perfect
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qb.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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qb
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qb
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qb, qbw5, qby5
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| imperfective
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qbb, qbby, qbbw5
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qbb, qbbj6, qbby6
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qbb, qbbw5
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| prospective
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qb, qbtj7
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qbbtj4, qbbt4
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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 .snj, plural .sn.
5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.
8 qb before suffix pronouns.
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲃⲟⲃ (khbob)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲕⲃⲁⲃ (kbab)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲃⲟ (kbo), ⲕⲃⲁ (kba)
References
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42