sḥrj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḥrj (“to be distant”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛhɛri/
  • Conventional anglicization: seheri

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to drive off, to drive away
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 13–14:

     jr.n snt.f mkt.f sḥr{y}t ḫrww sḥmt zpw šd-ḫrw m ꜣḫw r(ꜣ).s

     His sister has served as his protector, she who drove off the enemies, who put an end to the deeds of the Disturber (Set) by the magical prowess of her mouth

Inflection

Conjugation of sḥrj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sḥr, geminated stem: sḥrr

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḥrt, sḥrj sḥrw, sḥr sḥrt, sḥrwt, sḥryt sḥr sḥr, sḥry ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḥr ḥr sḥrt, ḥr sḥrj m sḥrt, m sḥrj r sḥrt, r sḥrj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḥr.n sḥrw, sḥr, sḥry consecutive sḥr.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḥrt perfective3 sḥr active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḥr.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḥr, sḥry active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḥrw, sḥr, sḥry sḥrw, sḥr, sḥry potentialis1 sḥr.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḥr, sḥry active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḥr.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḥrw1, sḥry, sḥr active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥr sḥry, sḥr imperfective sḥrr, sḥrry, sḥrrw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥrr, sḥrrj6, sḥrry6 sḥrr, sḥrrw5 prospective sḥrw1, sḥry, sḥr, sḥrtj7 — sḥrwtj1 4, sḥrtj4, sḥrt4 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 295.