3-lit.
( transitive ) to saw out , circumcise , castrate
The funerary stela of Uha
jw sꜥb .kw ḥnꜥ 120 z(w) nn z ḫꜣꜥ jm nn z ḫꜣꜥw jm nn ꜣẖꜥ jm nn ꜣẖꜥw jm When I was circumcised , along with 120 men, none therin struck, none therein were struck, none therein scratched, none therein were scratched.
Conjugation of sꜥb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sꜥb , geminated stem: sꜥbb
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
sꜥb
sꜥbw , sꜥb
sꜥbt
sꜥb
sꜥb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
sꜥb
ḥr sꜥb
m sꜥb
r sꜥb
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
sꜥb.n
sꜥbw , sꜥb
consecutive
sꜥb.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
sꜥbt
perfective 3
sꜥb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
sꜥb.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
sꜥb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
sꜥb
sꜥbb
potentialis1
sꜥb.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
sꜥb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
sꜥb.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
sꜥb
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
sꜥb
sꜥb , sꜥbw 5 , sꜥby 5
imperfective
sꜥb , sꜥby , sꜥbw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
sꜥb , sꜥbj 6 , sꜥby 6
sꜥb , sꜥbw 5
prospective
sꜥb , sꜥbtj 7
—
sꜥbtj 4 , sꜥbt 4
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.
In the sense of ‘circumcise’:
Dickson, Paul (2006 ) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order [1]