nb

See also: Nb, NB, nB, n.b., N.B., and N.-B.

English

Pronunciation
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Abbreviation

nb

  1. (cricket) no ball
  2. nota bene
  3. non-binary

Anagrams

Demotic

Etymology

from Egyptian nb (“lord”),

Noun

nb m

  1. lord

Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb) (Bohairic, Old Coptic)

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Determiner
  1. all, every
Inflection
Declension of nb
masculine feminine
singular nb
 nbt
dual nbwj
 nbtj
plural nbw
 nbwt1, nbt2
  1. Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
  2. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
    In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈniːbuw/ → /ˈniːbuw/ → /neːβ/

Noun

 m

  1. lord, master
    • The Stela of Nakhti, BM EA 143:


      wsjr nb ḏdw nṯr ꜥꜣ […]
      Osiris, Lord of Djedu, the great god […]
  2. owner, possessor
  3. an epithet of the king
Inflection
Declension of nb (masculine u-stem)
singular nb
dual nbwj
plural nbw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb  

nb nb nb
when referring to the king
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: nb
    • Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb) (Bohairic, Old Coptic)

Etymology 3

Noun

 m

  1. (rare) damage, sin
Descendants

References
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-44384-9, page 36, 55
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 052107228X, page 106 — for the ‘sin’ sense, which is not found in the Wörterbuch.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, ISBN 0920168124, page 42
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