ṯzj

See also: tzj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈciːzit/ → /ˈt͡ʃiːsiʔ/ → /ˈt͡ʃiːsa/ → /ˈt͡ʃiːsə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈciːzit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːsiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːsa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːsə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛzi/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjezi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to raise, to lift up, to pick up

Inflection

Conjugation of ṯzj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ṯz, geminated stem: ṯzz

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ṯzt, ṯzj ṯzw, ṯz ṯzt, ṯzwt, ṯzyt ṯz ṯz, ṯzy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ṯz8, ṯzz8 ḥr ṯzt, ḥr ṯzj m ṯzt, m ṯzj r ṯzt, r ṯzj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ṯz.n ṯzw, ṯz, ṯzy consecutive ṯz.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ṯzt, ṯzyt perfective3 ṯz active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ṯz.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ṯz, ṯzy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ṯzw, ṯz, ṯzy ṯzw, ṯz, ṯzy potentialis1 ṯz.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ṯz, ṯzy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ṯz.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ṯzw1, ṯzy, ṯz active + .tj1, .tw2 ṯz ṯzy, ṯz imperfective ṯzz, ṯzzy, ṯzzw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ṯzz, ṯzzj6, ṯzzy6 ṯzz, ṯzzw5 prospective ṯzw1, ṯzy, ṯz, ṯztj7 — ṯzwtj1 4, ṯztj4, ṯzt4 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. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Derived terms

• sṯzj

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲓⲥⲓ (cisi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϫⲓⲥⲓ (čisi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲓⲥⲉ (čise)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 162, 166.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 405