Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to dance (+ n: because of, out of joy over)
- Synonyms: ḫbj, wꜣr
- (intransitive) to move with a dancing motion, for example of a running ostrich
Inflection
Conjugation of jbꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jbꜣ, geminated stem: jbꜣꜣ
| 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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jbꜣ
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jbꜣw, jbꜣ
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jbꜣt
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jbꜣ
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jbꜣ
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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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jbꜣ
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ḥr jbꜣ
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m jbꜣ
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r jbꜣ
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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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jbꜣ.n
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consecutive
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jbꜣ.jn
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| terminative
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jbꜣt
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| perfective3
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jbꜣ
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obligative1
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jbꜣ.ḫr
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| imperfective
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jbꜣ
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| prospective3
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jbꜣ
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potentialis1
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jbꜣ.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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jbꜣ
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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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jbꜣ.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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jbꜣ
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jbꜣ
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jbꜣ, jbꜣw5, jbꜣy5
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| imperfective
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jbꜣ, jbꜣy, jbꜣw5
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jbꜣ, jbꜣj6, jbꜣy6
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jbꜣ, jbꜣw5
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| prospective
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jbꜣ, jbꜣtj7
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jbꜣtj4, jbꜣt4
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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 .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jbꜣ
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| jbꜣ
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jbꜣ
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jbꜣ
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jb
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jb
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[Old Kingdom]
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[Middle Kingdom]
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[18th Dynasty]
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[18th Dynasty]
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Noun
m
- dance [since the Pyramid Texts]
- (Late Egyptian) entertainment in general [since the 19th Dynasty]
Inflection
Declension of jbꜣ (masculine)
| singular
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jbꜣ
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| dual
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jbꜣwj
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| plural
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jbꜣw
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jbꜣ
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| jbꜣ
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jbꜣ
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jbꜣw
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jꜣb
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jbꜣ
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jbw
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[Old and Middle Kingdoms]
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[Old Kingdom]
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[Middle Kingdom]
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[Middle Kingdom]
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[18th Dynasty]
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plural
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abbreviation
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jbꜣ
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| jꜣbw
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jꜣbw
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jꜣbwj
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jbwj
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[19th–20th Dynasty]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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| in hieratic
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in hieratic
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Derived terms
Noun
m
- dancer [since the Old Kingdom]
Inflection
Declension of jbꜣ (masculine)
| singular
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jbꜣ
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| dual
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jbꜣwj
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| plural
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jbꜣw
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jbꜣ
Noun
m
- game piece, man (piece in a board game)
Inflection
Declension of jbꜣ (masculine)
| singular
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jbꜣ
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| dual
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jbꜣwj
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| plural
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jbꜣw
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jbꜣ
References
- “jbꜣ (lemma ID 23520)”, “jbꜣ.w (lemma ID 23530)”, “jbꜣ (lemma ID 23540)”, and “jbꜣ (lemma ID 23510)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 62.7–62.14, 64.16–64.17
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 15