sšp

See also: SSP, ssp., and šsp

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛʃɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: seshep

Verb

3-lit.

(intransitive) to be(come) bright in color or illumination
(intransitive) to shine, to be(come) bright with radiance
(transitive) to illuminate, to brighten with light

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
sšp	sšpw, sšp	sšpt	sšp	sšp

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
sšp	ḥr sšp	m sšp	r sšp

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sšp.n	sšpw, sšp	consecutive	sšp.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	sšp.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	sšpt
perfective³	sšp	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	sšp.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	sšp	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	sšp.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	sšp	sšpp	potentialis¹	sšp.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	sšp	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	sšp	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sšp.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	sšp	active + .tj¹, .tw²	sšp	sšp, sšpw⁵, sšpy⁵
imperfective	sšp, sšpy, sšpw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	sšp, sšpj⁶, sšpy⁶	sšp, sšpw⁵
prospective	sšp, sšptj⁷	—	sšptj⁴, sšpt⁴

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 sšp

šsp

Derived terms

šspt (“chapel, bedchamber; cucumber”)
šspt-dḫn (“chorus”)

Noun

m

light, illumination
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 12–13:
  
  ḫꜥ ḥr nst nt (j)t.f mj rꜥ wbn.f m ꜣḫt rdj.f šsp n ḥr(j) kkw sḥḏ.n.f šw m šwtj.fj bꜥḥ.n.f tꜣwj mj jṯn m tp-dwꜣyt
  One shining forth on the throne of his father like Ra when he rises in the Akhet, he gave light to what was covered by darkness, having brightened the air with his two plumes, having flooded the Two Lands (Egypt) like the sun disk at the break of dawn.
the brightness of dawn or day