sḥꜣbj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḥꜣbj (“to celebrate a festival”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛhɑbi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sehabi

Verb

 caus. 4ae inf.

1. (transitive) to make festive

Inflection

Conjugation of sḥꜣbj (causative fourth weak / caus. 4ae inf. / caus. IV. inf.) — base stem: sḥꜣb

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḥꜣb sḥꜣbw, sḥꜣbyw, sḥꜣb sḥꜣbt, sḥꜣbwt, sḥꜣbyt sḥꜣb sḥꜣb, sḥꜣby ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḥꜣb ḥr sḥꜣb m sḥꜣb r sḥꜣb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḥꜣb.n sḥꜣbw, sḥꜣb, sḥꜣby consecutive sḥꜣb.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḥꜣbt perfective3 sḥꜣb active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḥꜣb.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḥꜣb, sḥꜣby active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḥꜣbw, sḥꜣb, sḥꜣby sḥꜣbw, sḥꜣb, sḥꜣby potentialis1 sḥꜣb.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḥꜣb, sḥꜣby active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḥꜣb.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḥꜣbw1, sḥꜣby, sḥꜣb active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥꜣb sḥꜣby, sḥꜣb imperfective sḥꜣb, sḥꜣby, sḥꜣbw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥꜣb, sḥꜣbj6, sḥꜣby6 sḥꜣb, sḥꜣbw5 prospective sḥꜣbw1, sḥꜣby, sḥꜣb, sḥꜣbtj7 — sḥꜣbwtj1 4, sḥꜣbtj4, sḥꜣbt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 343.