psj

Egyptian

Etymology

From earlier fsj, .

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːsit/ → /ˈpiːsiʔ/ → /ˈpiːsa/ → /ˈpiːsə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːsit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːsiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːsa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːsə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛsi/
  • Conventional anglicization: pesi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to cook

   ― pst ḫt ḥr bjt ― Cooking something with honey

Inflection

Conjugation of psj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ps, geminated stem: pss

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural pst, psj psw, ps pst, pswt, psyt ps ps, psy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ps8, pss8 ḥr pst, ḥr psj m pst, m psj r pst, r psj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ps.n psw, ps, psy consecutive ps.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative pst, psyt perfective3 ps active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ps.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ps, psy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 psw, ps, psy psw, ps, psy potentialis1 ps.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ps, psy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ps.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective psw1, psy, ps active + .tj1, .tw2 ps psy, ps imperfective pss, pssy, pssw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 pss, pssj6, pssy6 pss, pssw5 prospective psw1, psy, ps, pstj7 — pswtj1 4, pstj4, pst4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of psj  

fsj	pfsj
[earlier form]	[Late Period]

Derived terms

• ps
• psw
• pst

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲫⲓⲥⲓ (phisi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲓⲥⲉ (pise)

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 552