sḥqꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḥqꜣ (“to rule”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛhɛkɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: seheqa

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to install as ruler

Inflection

Conjugation of sḥqꜣ (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: sḥqꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḥqꜣ sḥqꜣw, sḥqꜣ sḥqꜣt sḥqꜣ sḥqꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḥqꜣ ḥr sḥqꜣ m sḥqꜣ r sḥqꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḥqꜣ.n sḥqꜣw, sḥqꜣ consecutive sḥqꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḥqꜣt perfective3 sḥqꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḥqꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḥqꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḥqꜣw, sḥqꜣ, sḥqꜣy sḥqꜣw, sḥqꜣ, sḥqꜣy potentialis1 sḥqꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḥqꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḥqꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḥqꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥqꜣ sḥqꜣ, sḥqꜣw5, sḥqꜣy5 imperfective sḥqꜣ, sḥqꜣy, sḥqꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥqꜣ, sḥqꜣj6, sḥqꜣy6 sḥqꜣ, sḥqꜣw5 prospective sḥqꜣ, sḥqꜣtj7 — sḥqꜣwtj1 4, sḥqꜣtj4, sḥqꜣt4 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 153