sbꜣ

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Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

Noun

sbAsbA
N5

 m

  1. star
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 13:
      S1f
      d
      M
      T30
      n
      z
      Hr r
      t
      pt
      snsn
      n

      z

      sbA
      Z2A
      wrrt.f dm.n.s ḥrt snsn.n.s sbꜣw
      His White Crown, it has pierced the sky, it has fraternized with the stars.
  2. meteor, falling star
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 129–130:
      aHaa
      n
      sbAsbArahAWD54prrD54
      n
      n
      A
      mx
      t
      Q7ma
      f
      ꜥḥꜥ.n sbꜣ hꜣ.w pr.n nꜣ m ḫt m-ꜥ.f
      Then a star fell. They went up in flames because of it.
Inflection
Declension of sbꜣ (masculine)
singular sbꜣ
dual sbꜣwj
plural sbꜣw
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

Noun

sbsbAApr

 m

  1. gate, doorway
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 1:
      wn
      n
      O31
      a
      N33A
      n
      A1sbAwpr
      N33A
      T
      n
      N33A

      z
      n
      S
      O31
      a
      N33A
      n&A1 a
      r
      r
      wiit
      pr
      N33A
      T
      n
      N33A
      wn n.j sbꜣw.ṯn
      snš n.j ꜥrrwyt.ṯn
      Open your doors to me!
      Unstop your gates for me!
Inflection
Declension of sbꜣ (masculine)
singular sbꜣ
dual sbꜣwj
plural sbꜣw
Alternative forms
Descendants

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

Verb

sbsbAA24

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to teach
Usage notes

This verb can take two direct objects, the person taught and the thing the person is taught.

Inflection
Conjugation of sbꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sbꜣ, geminated stem: sbꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sbꜣ
sbꜣw, sbꜣ
sbꜣt
sbꜣ
sbꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sbꜣ
ḥr sbꜣ
m sbꜣ
r sbꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect sbꜣ.n
sbꜣw, sbꜣ
consecutive sbꜣ.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative sbꜣt
perfective3 sbꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 sbꜣ.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective sbꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 sbꜣ
sbꜣꜣ
potentialis1 sbꜣ.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive sbꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect sbꜣ.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective sbꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
sbꜣ
sbꜣ, sbꜣw5, sbꜣy5
imperfective sbꜣ, sbꜣy, sbꜣw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
sbꜣ, sbꜣj6, sbꜣy6
sbꜣ, sbꜣw5
prospective sbꜣ, sbꜣtj7
sbꜣtj4, sbꜣt4

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
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 184
  2. ^ EA 368”, in Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative: CDLI, 2021