sḏwj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḏwj (“to be evil”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛd͡ʒuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sedjui

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to slander

Inflection

Conjugation of sḏwj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sḏw, geminated stem: sḏww

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḏwt, sḏwj sḏww, sḏw sḏwt, sḏwwt, sḏwyt sḏw sḏw, sḏwy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḏw ḥr sḏwt, ḥr sḏwj m sḏwt, m sḏwj r sḏwt, r sḏwj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḏw.n sḏww, sḏw, sḏwy consecutive sḏw.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḏwt perfective3 sḏw active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḏw.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḏw, sḏwy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḏww, sḏw, sḏwy sḏww, sḏw, sḏwy potentialis1 sḏw.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḏw, sḏwy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḏw.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḏww1, sḏwy, sḏw active + .tj1, .tw2 sḏw sḏwy, sḏw imperfective sḏww, sḏwwy, sḏwww5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḏww, sḏwwj6, sḏwwy6 sḏww, sḏwww5 prospective sḏww1, sḏwy, sḏw, sḏwtj7 — sḏwwtj1 4, sḏwtj4, sḏwt4 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.

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 121