šꜣs

šꜣs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɑs/
  • Conventional anglicization: shas

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to travel, to go

Inflection

Conjugation of šꜣs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: šꜣs, geminated stem: šꜣss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
šꜣs	šꜣsw, šꜣs	šꜣst	šꜣs	šꜣs

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
šꜣs	ḥr šꜣs	m šꜣs	r šꜣs

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	šꜣs.n	consecutive	šꜣs.jn
terminative	šꜣst
perfective3	šꜣs	obligative	šꜣs.ḫr
imperfective	šꜣs
prospective3	šꜣs	potentialis	šꜣs.kꜣ
subjunctive	šꜣs

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	šꜣs.n	—	—
perfective	šꜣs	šꜣs	šꜣs, šꜣsw5, šꜣsy5
imperfective	šꜣs, šꜣsy, šꜣsw5	šꜣs, šꜣsj6, šꜣsy6	šꜣs, šꜣsw5
prospective	šꜣs, šꜣstj7	šꜣstj4, šꜣst4
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.

Derived terms

• šꜣsw

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 156