šꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sha

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to cut off
2. (transitive) to cut or cut up
3. (transitive) to cut down (trees)

Inflection

Conjugation of šꜥ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: šꜥ, geminated stem: šꜥꜥ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural šꜥ šꜥw, šꜥ šꜥt šꜥ, j.šꜥ šꜥ, j.šꜥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 šꜥ ḥr šꜥ m šꜥ r šꜥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect šꜥ.n šꜥw, šꜥ consecutive šꜥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative šꜥt perfective3 šꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 šꜥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective šꜥ, j.šꜥ1 active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 šꜥ šꜥꜥ potentialis1 šꜥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive šꜥ, j.šꜥ1 active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect šꜥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective šꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 šꜥ šꜥꜥ, šꜥꜥj6, šꜥ2, šꜥw2 5, šꜥy2 5 imperfective j.šꜥ1, šꜥ, šꜥy, šꜥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.šꜥ1, j.šꜥw1 5, šꜥ, šꜥj6, šꜥy6 šꜥ, šꜥw5 prospective šꜥ, šꜥtj7 — šꜥtj4, šꜥt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 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. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šꜥ  

šꜥ

Derived terms

• šꜥt

Romanization

šꜥ

1. Alternative transliteration of šꜥy.

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 262
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 295, 297, 321.