šsꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛsɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: shesa

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) aware (+ m: of)
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 139–140:

     sḏd.j bꜣw.k n jtj dj.j sšꜣ.f m ꜥꜣ.k

     I will recount your ba-power to the sovereign and make him aware of your greatness.

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural šsꜣ šsꜣw, šsꜣ šsꜣt šsꜣ šsꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 šsꜣ ḥr šsꜣ m šsꜣ r šsꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect šsꜣ.n consecutive šsꜣ.jn terminative šsꜣt perfective3 šsꜣ obligative1 šsꜣ.ḫr imperfective šsꜣ prospective3 šsꜣ potentialis1 šsꜣ.kꜣ subjunctive šsꜣ verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect šsꜣ.n — — perfective šsꜣ šsꜣ šsꜣ, šsꜣw5, šsꜣy5 imperfective šsꜣ, šsꜣy, šsꜣw5 šsꜣ, šsꜣj6, šsꜣy6 šsꜣ, šsꜣw5 prospective šsꜣ, šsꜣtj7 šsꜣtj4, šsꜣt4 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 šsꜣ  

sšꜣ

with metathesis

Derived terms

• šsꜣw

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 336.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 89