sḫpj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḫpj (“travel, walk”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxɛpi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sekhepi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to lead

Inflection

Conjugation of sḫpj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sḫp, geminated stem: sḫpp

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sḫpt, sḫpj sḫpw, sḫp sḫpt, sḫpwt, sḫpyt sḫp sḫp, sḫpy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sḫp ḥr sḫpt, ḥr sḫpj m sḫpt, m sḫpj r sḫpt, r sḫpj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sḫp.n sḫpw, sḫp, sḫpy consecutive sḫp.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sḫpt perfective3 sḫp active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sḫp.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sḫp, sḫpy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sḫpw, sḫp, sḫpy sḫpw, sḫp, sḫpy potentialis1 sḫp.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sḫp, sḫpy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sḫp.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sḫpw1, sḫpy, sḫp active + .tj1, .tw2 sḫp sḫpy, sḫp imperfective sḫpp, sḫppy, sḫppw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sḫpp, sḫppj6, sḫppy6 sḫpp, sḫppw5 prospective sḫpw1, sḫpy, sḫp, sḫptj7 — sḫpwtj1 4, sḫptj4, sḫpt4 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 158.