snbb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnbɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: senbeb

Verb

 3ae gem.

1. (intransitive) to converse

Inflection

Conjugation of snbb (third geminate / 3ae gem. / III. gem.) , geminated stem: snbb

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural snbb snbb snbbt snbb snbb ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 snbb ḥr snbb m snbb r snbb suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect snbb.n consecutive snbb.jn terminative snbbt perfective3 snbb obligative1 snbb.ḫr imperfective snbb prospective3 snbbw, snbb potentialis1 snbb.kꜣ subjunctive snbb verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect snbb.n — — perfective snbb snbb snbb, snbbw5, snbby5 imperfective snbb, snbby, snbbw5 snbb, snbbj6, snbby6 snbb, snbbw5 prospective snbb, snbbtj7 snbbwtj1 4, snbbtj4, snbbt4 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, pages 156, 250.