sḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḥtp (“to be content”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛhɛtɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: sehetep

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to make content, to propitiate, to calm
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 140–142:

     dj.j jn.t(w) n.k jbj ḥknw jwdnb ẖsꜣyt sntr n(j) gsw prw sḥtpw nṯr nb jm.f

     I will have them bring you labdanum, ḥknw-oil, jwdnb-incense, cassia, and the incense of the temple storerooms, with which every god is made content.

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḥtp sḥtpw, sḥtp sḥtpt sḥtp sḥtp ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḥtp ḥr sḥtp m sḥtp r sḥtp suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḥtp.n sḥtpw, sḥtp consecutive sḥtp.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḥtpt perfective3 sḥtp active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḥtp.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḥtp active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḥtpw, sḥtp, sḥtpy sḥtpw, sḥtp, sḥtpy potentialis1 sḥtp.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḥtp active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḥtp.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḥtp active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥtp sḥtp, sḥtpw5, sḥtpy5 imperfective sḥtp, sḥtpy, sḥtpw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḥtp, sḥtpj6, sḥtpy6 sḥtp, sḥtpw5 prospective sḥtp, sḥtptj7 — sḥtpwtj1 4, sḥtptj4, sḥtpt4 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 164.