nb

English Online Dictionary. What means nb‎? What does nb mean?

Translingual

Symbol

nb

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Norwegian Bokmål.

English

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nb

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of nobody.

Noun

nb

1. (cricket) Initialism of no ball.

Phrase

nb

1. Initialism of nota bene.

Adjective

nb (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of NB (“non-binary”)

Anagrams

• B.N., Bn, Bn., bn, bn.

Demotic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːβ/

Determiner

1. (definite) all, every
2. (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

1. lord

Descendants

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːβə/

Noun

 f

1. mistress, lady (woman with authority over something)

References

• Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, pages 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

1. all, every
2. every other
3. all sorts of, all kinds of
4. (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”); as with other attempts at reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, academic consensus is lacking, and in this case the derivation is not particularly plausible.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: neb

Noun

 m

1. lord, master, ruler (of a place or people)
   • 12th Dynasty, Stela of Nakhti, British Museum EA 143:
2. (without following genitive noun, often as a term of address) master, superior
3. master (of a span of time)
4. owner, possessor, bearer (of an object)
5. possessor (of an abstract quality)
6. an epithet of the king
7. 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

1. (hapax legomenon) 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

1. Alternative transliteration of nbw (“gold”).

References

• “nb (lemma ID 81660)”, “nb (lemma ID 81650)”, and “nbw (lemma ID 82730)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[6], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, 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, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[7], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 227.5–230.14, 234.3–236.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 128–129
• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, pages 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