sḥꜣj

See also: shꜣj and sḫꜣj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḥꜣj (“to be bare”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛhɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sehai

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to strip, to bare

Inflection

Conjugation of sḥꜣj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sḥꜣ, geminated stem: sḥꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḥꜣt, sḥꜣj sḥꜣw, sḥꜣ sḥꜣt, sḥꜣwt, sḥꜣyt sḥꜣ sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḥꜣ ḥr sḥꜣt, ḥr sḥꜣj m sḥꜣt, m sḥꜣj r sḥꜣt, r sḥꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḥꜣ.n sḥꜣw, sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy consecutive sḥꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḥꜣt perfective3 sḥꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḥꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḥꜣw, sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy sḥꜣw, sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy potentialis1 sḥꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḥꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḥꜣw1, sḥꜣy, sḥꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥꜣ sḥꜣy, sḥꜣ imperfective sḥꜣꜣ, sḥꜣꜣy, sḥꜣꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥꜣꜣ, sḥꜣꜣj6, sḥꜣꜣy6 sḥꜣꜣ, sḥꜣꜣw5 prospective sḥꜣw1, sḥꜣy, sḥꜣ, sḥꜣtj7 — sḥꜣwtj1 4, sḥꜣtj4, sḥꜣt4 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

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 357.