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
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. 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.