stꜣ
See also: štꜣ and sṯꜣ
Egyptian
Etymology
s- (causative prefix) + tꜣ (“to burn, to be hot”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛtɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: seta
Verb
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caus. 2-lit.
- (transitive) to light (on fire), to set on fire, to ignite
Inflection
Conjugation of stꜣ (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: stꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
stꜣt, stꜣ | stꜣw, stꜣ | stꜣt | stꜣ | stꜣ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
stꜣ | ḥr stꜣ | m stꜣ | r stꜣ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | stꜣ.n | stꜣw, stꜣ | consecutive | stꜣ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | stꜣt | ||||
perfective3 | stꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | stꜣ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | stꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | stꜣw, stꜣ, stꜣy | stꜣw, stꜣ, stꜣy | potentialis | stꜣ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | stꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | stꜣ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | stꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | stꜣ | stꜣ, stꜣw5, stꜣy5 |
imperfective | stꜣ, stꜣy, stꜣw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | stꜣ, stꜣj6, stꜣy6 | stꜣ, stꜣw5 |
prospective | stꜣ, stꜣtj7 | — | stꜣwtj1 4, stꜣtj4, stꜣt4 | |
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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 251.