sbḥ

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See also: SbH₃

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly related to Arabic سَبَّحَ (sabbaḥa, to praise, to glorify) and Hebrew שבח (shibéakh, to praise, to appreciate).

Pronunciation

Verb

sbHbHA2

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to cry out, to scream (in pain or lamentation)
  2. (intransitive, of birds) to produce a birdcall, to cry, to call

Inflection

Conjugation of sbḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sbḥ, geminated stem: sbḥḥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sbḥ
sbḥw, sbḥ
sbḥt
sbḥ
sbḥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sbḥ
ḥr sbḥ
m sbḥ
r sbḥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect sbḥ.n
consecutive sbḥ.jn
terminative sbḥt
perfective3 sbḥ
obligative1 sbḥ.ḫr
imperfective sbḥ
prospective3 sbḥ
potentialis1 sbḥ.kꜣ
subjunctive sbḥ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect sbḥ.n
perfective sbḥ
sbḥ
sbḥ, sbḥw5, sbḥy5
imperfective sbḥ, sbḥy, sbḥw5
sbḥ, sbḥj6, sbḥy6
sbḥ, sbḥw5
prospective sbḥ, sbḥtj7
sbḥtj4, sbḥt4

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.

Alternative forms

Noun

sbHbHA2

 m

  1. cry, scream, shriek

Inflection

Declension of sbḥ (masculine)
singular sbḥ
dual sbḥwj
plural sbḥw

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

References