n ꜣbb

Egyptian

Etymology

n (“to, for”) +‎ ꜣbb (active imperfective participle of ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”)).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn ɑbɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: en abeb

Adverb

(with attached suffix pronoun) at one’s pleasure, at will, as one wishes [since the 19th Dynasty]

Synonyms

r ꜣbb

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.5

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