English Online Dictionary. What means nb? What does nb mean?
Translingual
Symbol
nb
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Norwegian Bokmål.
English
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nb
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of nobody.
Noun
nb
- (cricket) Initialism of no ball.
Phrase
nb
- Initialism of nota bene.
Adjective
nb (not comparable)
- Alternative form of NB: initialism of non-binary.
Anagrams
- B.N., Bn, Bn., bn, bn.
Demotic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niːβ/
Determiner
- (definite) all, every
- (indefinite) any
Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ (nim)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ (niben)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲃⲓ (nibi)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ (nim)
- Oxyrhynchite Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ (nim)
- Coptic Dialect P: ⲛⲓⲃ (nib)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ (nim)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neːβ/
Noun
m
- lord
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb)
- Old Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneːβə/
Noun
f
- mistress, lady (woman with authority over something)
References
- Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 212–213
- Johnson, Janet (2000) Thus Wrote ꜥOnchsheshonqy: An Introductory Grammar of Demotic[5], third edition, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, →ISBN, page 7
Egyptian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: neb
Determiner
- all, every
- every other
- all sorts of, all kinds of
- (especially in negated clauses) any
Inflection
In the Pyramid Texts of Unas, among certain other Old Egyptian texts, nb is usually not inflected by gender and number but invariably appears as nb. Even within these texts, however, inflected forms sporadically appear.
In Late Egyptian, as all forms collapsed together with the masculine singular, the usual writing of the word came to follow the old feminine singular,
(nbt).
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Demotic: (nb)
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ (nim)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ (niben)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲃⲓ (nibi)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ (nim)
- Oxyrhynchite Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ (nim)
- Coptic Dialect P: ⲛⲓⲃ (nib)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ (nim)
Etymology 2
Ehret attempts to derive this term from a Proto-Afroasiatic *ruub- (“to send”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: neb
Noun
m
- lord, master, ruler (of a place or people)
- 12th Dynasty, Stela of Nakhti, British Museum EA 143:
- 12th Dynasty, Stela of Nakhti, British Museum EA 143:
- (without following genitive noun, often as a term of address) master, superior
- master (of a span of time)
- owner, possessor, bearer (of an object)
- possessor (of an abstract quality)
- an epithet of the king
- an epithet of various gods, especially Osiris
Inflection
Alternative forms
By the Late Period, the usual writing of the word came to follow the old feminine equivalent nbt (“lady, mistress”), as the two words merged into one.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Demotic: (nb)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb)
- Old Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb)
Etymology 3
From m- (noun-forming prefix) + *bw(j) (“abomination”) with regular dissimilation of m- to n- before a labial; for the stem, compare bwt (“abomination”), bwj (“to abominate”).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnaβi/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: neb
Noun
m
- (hapax) sin, damage, impurity [Greco-Roman Period]
Descendants
- Demotic: (nby), (nbe.t)
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲛⲁⲃⲉ (nabe)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲟⲃⲓ (nobi)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲛⲁⲃⲓ (nabi), ⲛⲁϥⲓ (nafi)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲛⲁⲃⲉ (nabe)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲟⲃⲉ (nobe)
Etymology 4
Romanization
nb
- Alternative transliteration of nbw (“gold”).
References
- “nb (lemma ID 81660)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[6], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
- “nb (lemma ID 81650)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[7], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
- “nbw (lemma ID 82730)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[8], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[9], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 227.5–230.14, 234.3–236.5
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 128–129
- Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 896–897, 903
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 42