sjꜣ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /siɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: sia
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to perceive, to recognize
Inflection
Conjugation of sjꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sjꜣ, geminated stem: sjꜣꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
sjꜣ | sjꜣw, sjꜣ | sjꜣt | sjꜣ | sjꜣ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
sjꜣ | ḥr sjꜣ | m sjꜣ | r sjꜣ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | sjꜣ.n | sjꜣw, sjꜣ | consecutive | sjꜣ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | sjꜣt | ||||
perfective3 | sjꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | sjꜣ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | sjꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | sjꜣ | sjꜣꜣ | potentialis | sjꜣ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | sjꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | sjꜣ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | sjꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | sjꜣ | sjꜣ, sjꜣw5, sjꜣy5 |
imperfective | sjꜣ, sjꜣy, sjꜣw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | sjꜣ, sjꜣj6, sjꜣy6 | sjꜣ, sjꜣw5 |
prospective | sjꜣ, sjꜣtj7 | — | sjꜣtj4, sjꜣt4 | |
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Noun
m
- perception, particularly the ability to see what must be done
- (medicine) prognostication, ability to determine the prognosis
Proper noun
m
- the god Sia, personification of perception
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 230 page 161, 230.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 163