šsp

See also: SSP, ssp., and sšp

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛsɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: shesep

Verb

 3-lit.

1. Alternative form of sšp (“to be(come) bright, to illuminate”)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural šsp šspw, šsp šspt šsp šsp ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 šsp ḥr šsp m šsp r šsp suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect šsp.n šspw, šsp consecutive šsp.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative šspt perfective3 šsp active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 šsp.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective šsp active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 šsp šspp potentialis1 šsp.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive šsp active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect šsp.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective šsp active + .tj1, .tw2 šsp šsp, šspw5, šspy5 imperfective šsp, šspy, šspw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 šsp, šspj6, šspy6 šsp, šspw5 prospective šsp, šsptj7 — šsptj4, šspt4 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.

Noun

 m

1. Alternative form of sšp (“illumination, light of dawn”)

Inflection

Declension of šsp (masculine)

singular	šsp
dual	šspwj
plural	šspw

Romanization

šsp

1. Alternative transliteration of šzp.

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 247, 272