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

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