wbḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /waˈbaχ/ → /waˈbaχ/ → /wəˈbaχ/ → /wəˈβaχ/

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) bright, to brighten

Inflection
Conjugation of wbḫ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wbḫ, geminated stem: wbḫḫ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wbḫ
 wbḫw, wbḫ
 wbḫt
 wbḫ
 wbḫ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wbḫ
 ḥr wbḫ
 m wbḫ
 r wbḫ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect wbḫ.n
 consecutive wbḫ.jn
terminative wbḫt
perfective3 wbḫ
 obligative1 wbḫ.ḫr
imperfective wbḫ
prospective3 wbḫ
 potentialis1 wbḫ.kꜣ
subjunctive wbḫ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect wbḫ.n
 — —
perfective wbḫ
 wbḫ
 wbḫ, wbḫw5, wbḫy5
imperfective wbḫ, wbḫy, wbḫw5
 wbḫ, wbḫj6, wbḫy6
 wbḫ, wbḫw5
prospective wbḫ, wbḫtj7
 wbḫtj4, wbḫt4
  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.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲃⲁⳉ (oubax)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲃⲉϣ (oubeš)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲃⲁϣ (oubaš)

References
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37
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