ksj
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /kɛsi/
- Conventional anglicization: kesi
Verb
3ae inf.
- (intransitive) to bow down (+ n or ḥr: before (someone))
- (intransitive) to bend down (in order to pick something up)
- (transitive) to bend (something)
Inflection
Conjugation of ksj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ks, geminated stem: kss
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
kst, ksj | ksw, ks | kst, kswt, ksyt | ks | ks, ksy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ks8, kss8 | ḥr kst, ḥr ksj | m kst, m ksj | r kst, r ksj |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ks.n | ksw, ks, ksy | consecutive | ks.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | kst, ksyt | ||||
perfective3 | ks | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | ks.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ks, ksy | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ksw, ks, ksy | ksw, ks, ksy | potentialis | ks.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ks, ksy | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ks.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | ksw1, ksy, ks | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ks | ksy, ks |
imperfective | kss, kssy, kssw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | kss, kssj6, kssy6 | kss, kssw5 |
prospective | ksw1, ksy, ks, kstj7 | — | kswtj1 4, kstj4, kst4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ksj
ksj | |||
[since the Middle Kingdom] |
Derived terms
- ksw
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 139.7–139.18
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 287