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
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. 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.