sṯzj

sṯzj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ṯzj (“to raise, lift up”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛt͡ʃɛzi/
  • Conventional anglicization: setjezi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to raise, to lift up
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 1–3:

     …

     špss kꜣ pw ḫnt(j) ḏdw […] ḥtp(.w) m nn-nswt mnḫ hnw m nꜥrt ḫpr.t(j) r sṯ(z)t bꜣ.f

     He is noble of ka, this foremost one of Busiris, […] who rests in Heracleopolis, splendid of acclaim in the naret-tree that came into being to raise up his ba

Inflection

Conjugation of sṯzj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sṯz, geminated stem: sṯzz

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
sṯzt, sṯzj	sṯzw, sṯz	sṯzt, sṯzwt, sṯzyt	sṯz	sṯz, sṯzy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
sṯz	ḥr sṯzt, ḥr sṯzj	m sṯzt, m sṯzj	r sṯzt, r sṯzj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sṯz.n	sṯzw, sṯz, sṯzy	consecutive	sṯz.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	sṯzt
perfective3	sṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	sṯz.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sṯz, sṯzy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	sṯzw, sṯz, sṯzy	sṯzw, sṯz, sṯzy	potentialis	sṯz.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sṯz, sṯzy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sṯz.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	sṯzw1, sṯzy, sṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2	sṯz	sṯzy, sṯz
imperfective	sṯzz, sṯzzy, sṯzzw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	sṯzz, sṯzzj6, sṯzzy6	sṯzz, sṯzzw5
prospective	sṯzw1, sṯzy, sṯz, sṯztj7	—	sṯzwtj1 4, sṯztj4, sṯzt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sṯzj  

sṯzj

[since the 18th Dynasty]

Derived terms

• sṯzw
• sṯzw-šw

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 360.15–361.3
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 256
• Allen, James (1984) The Inflection of the Verb in the Pyramid Texts, Malibu, California: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 592