sḫꜥj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḫꜥj (“to appear”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxɑːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sekhai

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to make appear

Inflection

Conjugation of sḫꜥj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sḫꜥ, geminated stem: sḫꜥꜥ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḫꜥt, sḫꜥj sḫꜥw, sḫꜥ sḫꜥt, sḫꜥwt, sḫꜥyt sḫꜥ sḫꜥ, sḫꜥy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḫꜥ ḥr sḫꜥt, ḥr sḫꜥj m sḫꜥt, m sḫꜥj r sḫꜥt, r sḫꜥj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḫꜥ.n sḫꜥw, sḫꜥ, sḫꜥy consecutive sḫꜥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḫꜥt perfective3 sḫꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḫꜥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḫꜥ, sḫꜥy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḫꜥw, sḫꜥ, sḫꜥy sḫꜥw, sḫꜥ, sḫꜥy potentialis1 sḫꜥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḫꜥ, sḫꜥy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḫꜥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḫꜥw1, sḫꜥy, sḫꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 sḫꜥ sḫꜥy, sḫꜥ imperfective sḫꜥꜥ, sḫꜥꜥy, sḫꜥꜥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḫꜥꜥ, sḫꜥꜥj6, sḫꜥꜥy6 sḫꜥꜥ, sḫꜥꜥw5 prospective sḫꜥw1, sḫꜥy, sḫꜥ, sḫꜥtj7 — sḫꜥwtj1 4, sḫꜥtj4, sḫꜥt4 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.