sṯzj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ṯzj (“to raise, lift up”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛt͡ʃɛzi/
  • Conventional anglicization: setjezi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to raise, to lift up
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 1–3:

     …

     špss kꜣ pw ḫnt(j) ḏdw […] ḥtp(.w) m nn-nswt mnḫ hnw m nꜥrt ḫpr.t(j) r sṯ(z)t bꜣ.f

     He is noble of ka, this foremost one of Busiris, […] who rests in Heracleopolis, splendid of acclaim in the naret-tree that came into being to raise up his ba

Inflection

Conjugation of sṯzj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sṯz, geminated stem: sṯzz

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sṯzt, sṯzj sṯzw, sṯz sṯzt, sṯzwt, sṯzyt sṯz sṯz, sṯzy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sṯz ḥr sṯzt, ḥr sṯzj m sṯzt, m sṯzj r sṯzt, r sṯzj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sṯz.n sṯzw, sṯz, sṯzy consecutive sṯz.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sṯzt perfective3 sṯz active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sṯz.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sṯz, sṯzy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sṯzw, sṯz, sṯzy sṯzw, sṯz, sṯzy potentialis1 sṯz.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sṯz, sṯzy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sṯz.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sṯzw1, sṯzy, sṯz active + .tj1, .tw2 sṯz sṯzy, sṯz imperfective sṯzz, sṯzzy, sṯzzw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sṯzz, sṯzzj6, sṯzzy6 sṯzz, sṯzzw5 prospective sṯzw1, sṯzy, sṯz, sṯztj7 — sṯzwtj1 4, sṯztj4, sṯzt4 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 sṯzj  

sṯzj

[since the 18th Dynasty]

Derived terms

• sṯzw
• sṯzw-šw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 360.15–361.3
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 256
• Allen, James Peter (1984) The Inflection of the Verb in the Pyramid Texts, Malibu, California: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 592