jp m jb

Egyptian

Etymology

From jp (“shrewd, judicious”, perfective active participle of jp (“to count, to assess, to assign, to be(come) judicious”)) ‎ m (“in”) ‎ jb (“heart, mind”), thus “shrewd in mind”.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ip ɛm ib/
  • Conventional anglicization: ip em ib

Adjective

1. Synonym of jp-jb (“shrewd, judicious, discerning, circumspect”)

Inflection

Declension of jp m jb

	masculine	feminine
singular	jp m jb	jpt m jb
dual	jpwj m jb	jptj m jb
plural	jpw m jb	jpwt m jb1, jpt m jb2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. 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.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 66.17