sḥqr

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḥqr (“to be hungry”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛhɛkɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: seheqer

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to starve (someone), to inflict hunger on

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḥqr sḥqrw, sḥqr sḥqrt sḥqr sḥqr ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḥqr ḥr sḥqr m sḥqr r sḥqr suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḥqr.n sḥqrw, sḥqr consecutive sḥqr.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḥqrt perfective3 sḥqr active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḥqr.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḥqr active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḥqrw, sḥqr, sḥqry sḥqrw, sḥqr, sḥqry potentialis1 sḥqr.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḥqr active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḥqr.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḥqr active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥqr sḥqr, sḥqrw5, sḥqry5 imperfective sḥqr, sḥqry, sḥqrw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥqr, sḥqrj6, sḥqry6 sḥqr, sḥqrw5 prospective sḥqr, sḥqrtj7 — sḥqrwtj1 4, sḥqrtj4, sḥqrt4 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