ḫꜣb

See also: hꜣb and ḥꜣb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

According to one suggestion, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḫab- (compare Akkadian 𒀖𒀠 (/⁠upātum, ubātum⁠/, “pregnant or fat cow”)). However, an internal origin has also been proposed, from ḫꜣb (“to be bent”) in reference to the animal’s bent tusks; compare the relation between db (“hippopotamus”) and db (“horn, tusk”).

Noun
xAAbE25

 m

  1. hippopotamus
Inflection
Declension of ḫꜣb (masculine)
singular ḫꜣb
dual ḫꜣbwj
plural ḫꜣbw

Verb
xxAAbZ9

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) bent, to bend
Inflection
Conjugation of ḫꜣb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫꜣb, geminated stem: ḫꜣbb
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḫꜣb
 ḫꜣbw, ḫꜣb
 ḫꜣbt
 ḫꜣb
 ḫꜣb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḫꜣb
 ḥr ḫꜣb
 m ḫꜣb
 r ḫꜣb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect ḫꜣb.n
 consecutive ḫꜣb.jn
terminative ḫꜣbt
perfective3 ḫꜣb
 obligative1 ḫꜣb.ḫr
imperfective ḫꜣb
prospective3 ḫꜣb
 potentialis1 ḫꜣb.kꜣ
subjunctive ḫꜣb
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect ḫꜣb.n
 — —
perfective ḫꜣb
 ḫꜣb
 ḫꜣb, ḫꜣbw5, ḫꜣby5
imperfective ḫꜣb, ḫꜣby, ḫꜣbw5
 ḫꜣb, ḫꜣbj6, ḫꜣby6
 ḫꜣb, ḫꜣbw5
prospective ḫꜣb, ḫꜣbtj7
 ḫꜣbtj4, ḫꜣbt4
  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.

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 184
  • Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 2084
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