jb

English

Noun

jb (plural jbs)

  1. Initialism of jailbait.

Anagrams

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *lib (“heart”), cognate with Proto-Semitic *libb-.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

 m

  1. heart
  2. mind
    • Papyrus Chester Beatty V, The Hymn to the Nile flood [2]:





      smn mꜣꜥt m jbw rmṯ […]
      Truth is fixed in the minds of men […]
  3. intention
    • c. 1552 BCE, Kamose, Carnarvon Tablet I (Cairo JE 41790):




      jb.j r nḥm kmt ḥ(w)t ꜥꜣmw
      My intention is to save Egypt and smite the Asiatics.
  4. emotional state
Inflection
Declension of jb (masculine)
singular jb
dual jbwj
plural jbw
Synonyms
Derived terms

Verb

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to wish, to intend (+ r: to wish to, to intend to)
  2. (transitive) to think, to suppose
Inflection
Conjugation of jb (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: jb, geminated stem: jbb
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
jb
 jbw, jb
 jbt
 jb, j.jb
 jb, j.jb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
jb
 ḥr jb
 m jb
 r jb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect jb.n
 jbw, jb
 consecutive jb.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative jbt
perfective3 jb
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative jb.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective jb, j.jb1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 jb
 jbb
 potentialis jb.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive jb, j.jb1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect jb.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective jb
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 jb
 jbb, jbbj6, jb2, jbw2 5, jby2 5
imperfective j.jb1, jb, jby, jbw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 j.jb1, j.jbw1 5, jb, jbj6, jby6
 jb, jbw5
prospective jb, jbtj7
 — jbtj4, jbt4
  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, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jb  
jb jb

Etymology 2

perfective active participle of jbj (“to be(come) thirsty”)

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. thirsty man
Inflection
Declension of jb (masculine)
singular jb
dual jbwj
plural jbw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jb  
jb

References
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31
  2. Helck, Wolfgang (1972) Der Text des "Nilhymnus", Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, Page 65
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