Egyptian [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Related to ꜣb ( “ to avoid, to cease, to separate from ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] 2ae gem.
( Late Egyptian , intransitive , with r ) separate from, to move awayInflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of ꜣbb (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: ꜣb , geminated stem: ꜣbb
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
ꜣbb 8 ꜣbb ꜣbbt ꜣbb , ꜣb ꜣbb , ꜣb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
ꜣbb , ꜣb ḥr ꜣbb m ꜣbb r ꜣbb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
ꜣbb.n , ꜣb.n consecutive
ꜣb.jn
terminative
ꜣbbt
perfective 3
ꜣb obligative1
ꜣbb.ḫr
imperfective
ꜣbb
prospective 3
ꜣbb potentialis1
ꜣb.kꜣ
subjunctive
ꜣb
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
ꜣb.n —
—
perfective
ꜣb ꜣb ꜣb , ꜣbw 5 , ꜣby 5
imperfective
ꜣbb , ꜣbby , ꜣbbw 5 ꜣbb , ꜣbbj 6 , ꜣbby 6 ꜣbb , ꜣbbw 5
prospective
ꜣb , ꜣbtj 7 ꜣbbtj 4 , ꜣbbt 4
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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
ꜣb
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣbb
References [ edit ] Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1926 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN page 8.4 Lesko, Leonard , Lesko, Barbara (2002 ) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian , second edition, volume 1, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN 
