sbq

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛbɛk/
  • Conventional anglicization: sebeq

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) wise
2. (intransitive) to be(come) precious or splendid

Inflection

Conjugation of sbq (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sbq, geminated stem: sbqq

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sbq sbqw, sbq sbqt sbq sbq ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sbq ḥr sbq m sbq r sbq suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect sbq.n consecutive sbq.jn terminative sbqt perfective3 sbq obligative1 sbq.ḫr imperfective sbq prospective3 sbq potentialis1 sbq.kꜣ subjunctive sbq verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect sbq.n — — perfective sbq sbq sbq, sbqw5, sbqy5 imperfective sbq, sbqy, sbqw5 sbq, sbqj6, sbqy6 sbq, sbqw5 prospective sbq, sbqtj7 sbqtj4, sbqt4 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.

Noun

 m

1. leg

Inflection

Declension of sbq (masculine)

singular	sbq
dual	sbqwj
plural	sbqw

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 311.