snb

See also: SNB

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: seneb

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) healthy [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
snb	snbw, snb	snbt	snb	snb

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
snb	ḥr snb	m snb	r snb

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	snb.n	consecutive	snb.jn
terminative	snbt
perfective3	snb	obligative1	snb.ḫr
imperfective	snb
prospective3	snb	potentialis1	snb.kꜣ
subjunctive	snb

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	snb.n	—	—
perfective	snb	snb	snb, snbw5, snby5
imperfective	snb, snby, snbw5	snb, snbj6, snby6	snb, snbw5
prospective	snb, snbtj7	snbtj4, snbt4
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.

Derived terms

• jw-snb
• ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb
• snb.tj
• snb.t ꜥnḫ.t
• snb-n.j

 

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to heal, to make healthy [since the Amarna Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
snb	snbw, snb	snbt	snb	snb

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
snb	ḥr snb	m snb	r snb

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	snb.n	snbw, snb	consecutive	snb.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	snbt
perfective3	snb	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	snb.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	snb	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	snb	snbb	potentialis1	snb.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	snb	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	snb.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	snb	active + .tj1, .tw2	snb	snb, snbw5, snby5
imperfective	snb, snby, snbw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	snb, snbj6, snby6	snb, snbw5
prospective	snb, snbtj7	—	snbtj4, snbt4
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. health [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. recovery from illness

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 158.2–159.17
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 98