smḫ
See also: smh, SMH, smH, and smḥ
Egyptian
Etymology
s- (causative prefix) + ḫm (“to not know”), apparently with metathesis.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛmɛx/
- Conventional anglicization: semekh
Verb
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caus. 2-lit.
- (transitive) to forget
Inflection
Conjugation of smḫ (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: smḫ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
smḫt, smḫ | smḫw, smḫ | smḫt | smḫ | smḫ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
smḫ | ḥr smḫ | m smḫ | r smḫ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | smḫ.n | smḫw, smḫ | consecutive | smḫ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | smḫt | ||||
perfective3 | smḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | smḫ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | smḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | smḫw, smḫ, smḫy | smḫw, smḫ, smḫy | potentialis | smḫ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | smḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | smḫ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | smḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | smḫ | smḫ, smḫw5, smḫy5 |
imperfective | smḫ, smḫy, smḫw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | smḫ, smḫj6, smḫy6 | smḫ, smḫw5 |
prospective | smḫ, smḫtj7 | — | smḫwtj1 4, smḫtj4, smḫt4 | |
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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 290.