sjzj
Egyptian
Etymology
s- (causative prefix) + jzj (“to be light”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛizi/
- Conventional anglicization: seizi
Verb
caus. 3ae inf.
- (transitive) to lighten (a load)
- (transitive) to make easy
Inflection
Conjugation of sjzj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sjz
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
sjzt, sjzj | sjzw, sjz | sjzt, sjzwt, sjzyt | sjz | sjz, sjzy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
sjz | ḥr sjzt, ḥr sjzj | m sjzt, m sjzj | r sjzt, r sjzj |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | sjz.n | sjzw, sjz, sjzy | consecutive | sjz.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | sjzt | ||||
perfective3 | sjz | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | sjz.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | sjz, sjzy | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | sjzw, sjz, sjzy | sjzw, sjz, sjzy | potentialis | sjz.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | sjz, sjzy | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | sjz.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | sjzw1, sjzy, sjz | active + .tj1, .tw2 | sjz | sjzy, sjz |
imperfective | sjz, sjzy, sjzw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | sjz, sjzj6, sjzy6 | sjz, sjzw5 |
prospective | sjzw1, sjzy, sjz, sjztj7 | — | sjzwtj1 4, sjztj4, sjzt4 | |
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References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 277.