sbꜣqj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ bꜣqj (“to be bright”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛbɑki/
  • Conventional anglicization: sebaqi

Verb

 caus. 4ae inf.

1. (transitive) to brighten

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sbꜣq sbꜣqw, sbꜣqyw, sbꜣq sbꜣqt, sbꜣqwt, sbꜣqyt sbꜣq sbꜣq, sbꜣqy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sbꜣq ḥr sbꜣq m sbꜣq r sbꜣq suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sbꜣq.n sbꜣqw, sbꜣq, sbꜣqy consecutive sbꜣq.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sbꜣqt perfective3 sbꜣq active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sbꜣq.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sbꜣq, sbꜣqy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sbꜣqw, sbꜣq, sbꜣqy sbꜣqw, sbꜣq, sbꜣqy potentialis1 sbꜣq.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sbꜣq, sbꜣqy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sbꜣq.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sbꜣqw1, sbꜣqy, sbꜣq active + .tj1, .tw2 sbꜣq sbꜣqy, sbꜣq imperfective sbꜣq, sbꜣqy, sbꜣqw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sbꜣq, sbꜣqj6, sbꜣqy6 sbꜣq, sbꜣqw5 prospective sbꜣqw1, sbꜣqy, sbꜣq, sbꜣqtj7 — sbꜣqwtj1 4, sbꜣqtj4, sbꜣqt4 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 356.