qbḥ

See also: qbH

Egyptian

Etymology

Connected to qbb (“to be cold”).

Pronunciation

Noun
W16A55

 m

  1. (euphemistic) death

Noun
W15

 m

  1. spring, fountain

Usage notes

Occurs only in some place names, usually possessed by some god or other.

Verb
qbHW15

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to purify
  2. (intransitive) to make a libation

Inflection
Conjugation of qbḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: qbḥ, geminated stem: qbḥḥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
qbḥ
 qbḥw, qbḥ
 qbḥt
 qbḥ
 qbḥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
qbḥ
 ḥr qbḥ
 m qbḥ
 r qbḥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect qbḥ.n
 qbḥw, qbḥ
 consecutive qbḥ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative qbḥt
perfective3 qbḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 qbḥ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective qbḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 qbḥ
 qbḥḥ
 potentialis1 qbḥ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive qbḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect qbḥ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective qbḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 qbḥ
 qbḥ, qbḥw5, qbḥy5
imperfective qbḥ, qbḥy, qbḥw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 qbḥ, qbḥj6, qbḥy6
 qbḥ, qbḥw5
prospective qbḥ, qbḥtj7
 — qbḥtj4, qbḥt4
  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.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qbḥ  
qbHW15mw
qbḥ

Derived terms
  • sqbḥ (“to refresh”)
  • qbḥw (“cold water”)
  • qbḥw (“vessel used for libations”)
  • qbḥw (“sky”)
  • qbḥ-snw.f (“Qebehsenuef, a god”)
  • qbḥt (“vessel used for libations”)

References
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