sšmj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ šmj (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛʃɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: seshemi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to lead, to guide

Inflection

Conjugation of sšmj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sšm, geminated stem: sšmm

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sšmt, sšmj sšmw, sšm sšmt, sšmwt, sšmyt sšm sšm, sšmy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sšm ḥr sšmt, ḥr sšmj m sšmt, m sšmj r sšmt, r sšmj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sšm.n sšmw, sšm, sšmy consecutive sšm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sšmt perfective3 sšm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sšm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sšm, sšmy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sšmw, sšm, sšmy sšmw, sšm, sšmy potentialis1 sšm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sšm, sšmy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sšm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sšmw1, sšmy, sšm active + .tj1, .tw2 sšm sšmy, sšm imperfective sšmm, sšmmy, sšmmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sšmm, sšmmj6, sšmmy6 sšmm, sšmmw5 prospective sšmw1, sšmy, sšm, sšmtj7 — sšmwtj1 4, sšmtj4, sšmt4 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.

Derived terms

• sšm
• sšmw

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 162.