sꜥšꜣ
Egyptian
Etymology
s- (causative prefix) + ꜥšꜣ (“to be numerous”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛɑːʃɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: seasha
Verb
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caus. 3-lit.
- (transitive) to multiply, to make numerous
Usage notes
The plural strokes in this word function as a determinative for numerousness.
Inflection
Conjugation of sꜥšꜣ (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: sꜥšꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
sꜥšꜣ | sꜥšꜣw, sꜥšꜣ | sꜥšꜣt | sꜥšꜣ | sꜥšꜣ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
sꜥšꜣ | ḥr sꜥšꜣ | m sꜥšꜣ | r sꜥšꜣ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | sꜥšꜣ.n | sꜥšꜣw, sꜥšꜣ | consecutive | sꜥšꜣ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | sꜥšꜣt | ||||
perfective3 | sꜥšꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | sꜥšꜣ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | sꜥšꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | sꜥšꜣw, sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣy | sꜥšꜣw, sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣy | potentialis | sꜥšꜣ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | sꜥšꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | sꜥšꜣ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | sꜥšꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | sꜥšꜣ | sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣw5, sꜥšꜣy5 |
imperfective | sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣy, sꜥšꜣw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣj6, sꜥšꜣy6 | sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣw5 |
prospective | sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣtj7 | — | sꜥšꜣwtj1 4, sꜥšꜣtj4, sꜥšꜣt4 | |
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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 175.