šbb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛbɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: shebeb

Noun

 m

1. windpipe, oesophagus, gullet

Inflection

Declension of šbb (masculine)

singular	šbb
dual	šbbwj
plural	šbbw

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲟⲩⲱⲃⲉ (šouōbe), ϣⲟⲩⲟⲃⲉ (šouobe)
• Akhmimic Coptic: ϣⲟⲩⲱⲃⲉ (šouōbe), ϣⲟⲩⲟⲃⲉ (šouobe)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲃⲱⲃⲓ (šbōbi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲟⲩⲱⲃⲓ (šouōbi)

Verb

 2ae gem.

1. (transitive) to knead, to mash, to polish

Inflection

Conjugation of šbb (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: šb, geminated stem: šbb

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
šbb8	šbb	šbbt	šbb, šb	šbb, šb

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
šbb, šb	ḥr šbb	m šbb	r šbb

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	šbb.n, šb.n	šb	consecutive	šb.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	šbbt
perfective3	šb	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	šbb.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	šbb	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	šbb	šbb	potentialis1	šb.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	šb	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	šb.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	šb	active + .tj1, .tw2	šb	šb, šbw5, šby5
imperfective	šbb, šbby, šbbw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	šbb, šbbj6, šbby6	šbb, šbbw5
prospective	šb, šbtj7	—	šbbtj4, šbbt4
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. šb before suffix pronouns.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 439