Egyptian
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Etymology
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s- (causative prefix) + nḫbḫb (“draw back (of a door-bolt)”).
Pronunciation
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caus. 5-lit.
- (transitive) to cause (a door-bolt) to draw back; to draw back (a door bolt)
Inflection
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Conjugation of snḫbḫb (causative quinquiliteral / caus. 5-lit. / caus. 5rad.) — base stem: snḫbḫb
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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snḫbḫb
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snḫbḫbw, snḫbḫb
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snḫbḫbt
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snḫbḫb
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snḫbḫb
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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snḫbḫb.n
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snḫbḫbw, snḫbḫb
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consecutive
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snḫbḫb.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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snḫbḫbt
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| perfective3
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snḫbḫb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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snḫbḫb.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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snḫbḫb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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snḫbḫbw, snḫbḫb, snḫbḫby
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snḫbḫbw, snḫbḫb, snḫbḫby
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potentialis1
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snḫbḫb.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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snḫbḫb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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snḫbḫb.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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snḫbḫb
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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snḫbḫb
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snḫbḫb, snḫbḫbw5, snḫbḫby5
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| imperfective
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snḫbḫb, snḫbḫby, snḫbḫbw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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snḫbḫb, snḫbḫbj6, snḫbḫby6
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snḫbḫb, snḫbḫbw5
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| prospective
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snḫbḫb, snḫbḫbtj7
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—
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snḫbḫbwtj1 4, snḫbḫbtj4, snḫbḫbt4
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- 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.
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References
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- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 158.
