sꜥꜣj
Egyptian
Etymology
s- (causative prefix) + ꜥꜣj (“to be great”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛɑːʔɑi/
- Conventional anglicization: seaai
Verb
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caus. 3ae inf.
- (transitive) to enlarge
- (transitive) to make great or important
Inflection
Conjugation of sꜥꜣj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sꜥꜣ, geminated stem: sꜥꜣꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
sꜥꜣt, sꜥꜣj | sꜥꜣw, sꜥꜣ | sꜥꜣt, sꜥꜣwt, sꜥꜣyt | sꜥꜣ | sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
sꜥꜣ | ḥr sꜥꜣt, ḥr sꜥꜣj | m sꜥꜣt, m sꜥꜣj | r sꜥꜣt, r sꜥꜣj |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | sꜥꜣ.n | sꜥꜣw, sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy | consecutive | sꜥꜣ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | sꜥꜣt | ||||
perfective3 | sꜥꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | sꜥꜣ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | sꜥꜣw, sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy | sꜥꜣw, sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy | potentialis | sꜥꜣ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | sꜥꜣ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | sꜥꜣw1, sꜥꜣy, sꜥꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | sꜥꜣ | sꜥꜣy, sꜥꜣ |
imperfective | sꜥꜣꜣ, sꜥꜣꜣy, sꜥꜣꜣw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | sꜥꜣꜣ, sꜥꜣꜣj6, sꜥꜣꜣy6 | sꜥꜣꜣ, sꜥꜣꜣw5 |
prospective | sꜥꜣw1, sꜥꜣy, sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣtj7 | — | sꜥꜣwtj1 4, sꜥꜣtj4, sꜥꜣt4 | |
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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 189.