Ib ( · ib · noun ) "physical heart; seat of thoughts and emotions"

Ib (signs: 𓄣 · transliteration: ib) is a word in the Ancient Egyptian language related to psycholinguistics. It is usually translated as "(noun) physical heart; seat of thoughts and emotions." The Ancient Egyptian language belongs to the language family known as Afro-Asiatic.

Ib may be derived from *lib-, which is a reconstructed root from the proto-language called Proto-Afro-Asiatic.

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Definition of "Ib"

Source: A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian

S.v., ib

1.	n.	heart: physical; seat of thoughts and emotions; ib·k m-ꜥ·k "with self-possession"
2.	n.	mind, understanding, intelligence: ib tmw n sḫꜢ·n·f sf "the mind is at an end and cannot remember the past"; in ib·i sḫnt st·i "it my understanding which advanced my position"; nty ib ḫft·s "that which is intelligible"; ib n nsw "mind of the king" (title); ḥr ib n "in the opinion of"
3.	n.	will, desire: 𓁹 ib "do the will of"
4.	n.	mood: pty irf pꜢ ib "what is this mood?"; irr·t pꜢ ib ḥr m "why are you in this mood?"
5.		Idiomatic uses: n ib n "for the sake of"; r(di) m ib "determine"; rdi ib m-sꜢ "be anxious about"; rdi ib ḫnt "give attention to"
6.	v.	vb. wish, with following infinitive.

Faulkner, CDME, 18. [View as image] [Read on OMNIKA]

Ib on page 18 of A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian

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Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "Ib." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 25 Jul. 2023, psylng.org/mli/afro/egy/ib. Accessed 17 Oct. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, July 25). Ib. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/mli/afro/egy/ib

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "Ib." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 25, 2023. Modified October 9, 2023. Accessed October 17, 2024. https://psylng.org/mli/afro/egy/ib.

Bibliography

CDME

Faulkner, Raymond O. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian: Modernized by Boris Jegorović. Edited by Boris Jegorović. Oxford, United Kingdom: Griffith Institute, 2017.

Internet Archive Contributors. "Wayback Machine." San Francisco, CA: Internet Archive. Created October 24, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org. [Visit]

RO 68(1)

Takács, Gábor. "Layers of the Oldest Egyptian Lexicon I." Rocznik Orientalistyczny 68, no. 1 (2015): 85–39.

Wiktionary

Wales, Jimmy D., et al. "Wiktionary: The Free Dictionary." San Francisco, CA: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Created December 12, 2002. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://wiktionary.org. [Visit]

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