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
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.

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.