sḏ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sd"

Demotic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈt͡ʃʼeʔ/

Noun

⁠⁠ m

1. locust

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣϫⲉ (šče)

References

• Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 482

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛd͡ʒ/
  • Conventional anglicization: sedj

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to break into pieces [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. (transitive) to force open or cut open
3. (transitive, figuratively) to defeat, to break the power of
4. (transitive, figuratively) to eliminate or disperse (bad weather, disease, etc.)
5. (transitive, figuratively) to make traversable (places or paths)
6. (intransitive, of wounds) to break out

Inflection

Conjugation of sḏ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: sḏ, geminated stem: sḏḏ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḏ sḏw, sḏ sḏt sḏ, j.sḏ sḏ, j.sḏ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḏ ḥr sḏ m sḏ r sḏ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḏ.n sḏw, sḏ consecutive sḏ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḏt perfective3 sḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḏ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḏ, j.sḏ1 active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḏ sḏḏ potentialis1 sḏ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḏ, j.sḏ1 active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḏ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 sḏ sḏḏ, sḏḏj6, sḏ2, sḏw2 5, sḏy2 5 imperfective j.sḏ1, sḏ, sḏy, sḏw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.sḏ1, j.sḏw1 5, sḏ, sḏj6, sḏy6 sḏ, sḏw5 prospective sḏ, sḏtj7 — sḏtj4, sḏt4 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 sḏ  

sd

Derived terms

• sdyt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 373.8–375.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 257
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 253.