sḥtm

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḥtm (“to be destroyed”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛhɛtɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: sehetem

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to destroy

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḥtm sḥtmw, sḥtm sḥtmt sḥtm sḥtm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḥtm ḥr sḥtm m sḥtm r sḥtm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḥtm.n sḥtmw, sḥtm consecutive sḥtm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḥtmt perfective3 sḥtm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḥtm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḥtm active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḥtmw, sḥtm, sḥtmy sḥtmw, sḥtm, sḥtmy potentialis1 sḥtm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḥtm active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḥtm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḥtm active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥtm sḥtm, sḥtmw5, sḥtmy5 imperfective sḥtm, sḥtmy, sḥtmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥtm, sḥtmj6, sḥtmy6 sḥtm, sḥtmw5 prospective sḥtm, sḥtmtj7 — sḥtmwtj1 4, sḥtmtj4, sḥtmt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḥtm  

sḥtm

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 153, 163