nb

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

Translingual

Symbol

nb

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

English

Pronunciation
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Noun

nb

  1. (cricket) Initialism of no ball.

Phrase

nb

  1. Initialism of nota bene.

Adjective

nb (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of NB: initialism of non-binary.

Anagrams

Demotic

Etymology 1
From Egyptian
nb
 (nb, “all, every”).

Determiner

nb

  1. (definite) all, every
  2. (indefinite) any
Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ (niben)

Etymology 2
From Egyptian
nbA1
 (nb, “lord”).

Noun

nb m

  1. lord
Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb) (Bohairic, Old Coptic)

Etymology 3
From Egyptian
nb
t
(nbt, “mistress, lady”).

Noun

nb f

  1. 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, third edition, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, →ISBN, page 7

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Determiner
nb
  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.

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.[1]

Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ruub-.

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

Noun
nb

 m

  1. lord, master
    • 12th Dynasty, The Stela of Nakhti, BM EA 143:
      Q1ir
      nb      		 A40DdDdwO49
      t Z1      		 nTraA
      wsjr nb ḏdw nṯr ꜥꜣ […]
      Osiris, Lord of Djedu, the great god […]
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 23:
      E9wiit
      nDs      		 O35
      nDs      		 sy
      E9      		 wr
      ww      		 D54tA
      m      		 Htp
      Z2      		 Xr
      r      		 nb
      Z1
      f
      jwyt zb(.w) sjw(w) rw.w tꜣ m ḥtpw ẖr nb.f
      Wrongdoing has gone, the Slanderer has departed, and the land is in peace under its lord.
  2. owner, possessor
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 23–24:
      smn
      n
      Y1      		 C10n
      nb
      z      		 r
      a      		 wAa18 Z1
      r      		 isf
      t
      nDs
      smn mꜣꜥt n nb.s rdjw sꜣ r jsft
      Righteousness has been established for its possessor, and the back is turned on wrong.
  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  
nbA1
nb
Z1
nbA41
nb nb nb
when referring to the king
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: nb (nb)
    • Coptic: ⲛⲏⲃ (nēb) (Bohairic, Old Coptic)

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnaβʔə/

Noun
nbwG37

 m

  1. (rare) damage, sin
Descendants

Romanization

nb

  1. Alternative transliteration of nbw.

References
  1. Allen, James P. (2017) A Grammar of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Volume 1: Unis, page 55
  2. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36, 55
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106 — for the ‘sin’ sense, which is not found in the Wörterbuch.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 42
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