sbj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛbi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sebi

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to rebel, to revolt (+ r or + ḥr: against)

Inflection

Conjugation of sbj (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sbj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
sbj	sbjw, sbj	sbjt	sbj	sbj

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
sbj	ḥr sbj	m sbj	r sbj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	sbj.n	consecutive	sbj.jn
terminative	sbjt
perfective3	sbj	obligative1	sbj.ḫr
imperfective	sbj
prospective3	sbj	potentialis1	sbj.kꜣ
subjunctive	sbj

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	sbj.n	—	—
perfective	sbj	sbj	sbj, sbjw5, sbjy5
imperfective	sbj, sbjy, sbjw5	sbj, sbjj6, sbjy6	sbj, sbjw5
prospective	sbj, sbjtj7	sbjtj4, sbjt4
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.

Noun

 m

1. rebel
   • c. 1859 BCE – 1813 BCE, The Loyalist Teaching (Stele of Sehetepibre/Cairo CG 20538 Verso) line 19:

     nn jz n sbj ḥr ḥm.f jw ẖꜣt.f m qmꜣ n mw

     There is no tomb for a rebel against His Majesty; his corpse is thrown to the water.

Inflection

Declension of sbj (masculine)

singular	sbj
dual	sbjwj
plural	sbjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sbj  

sbj

Descendants

• Demotic: sbj
  • ⲥⲏⲃ (sēb) (Old Coptic)

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 239, 297.