sẖkr

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ẖkr (“to be(come) adorned of decorated”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛçkɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: sekhker

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to decorate, adorn

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sẖkr sẖkrw, sẖkr sẖkrt sẖkr sẖkr ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sẖkr ḥr sẖkr m sẖkr r sẖkr suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sẖkr.n sẖkrw, sẖkr consecutive sẖkr.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sẖkrt perfective3 sẖkr active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sẖkr.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sẖkr active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sẖkrw, sẖkr, sẖkry sẖkrw, sẖkr, sẖkry potentialis1 sẖkr.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sẖkr active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sẖkr.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sẖkr active + .tj1, .tw2 sẖkr sẖkr, sẖkrw5, sẖkry5 imperfective sẖkr, sẖkry, sẖkrw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sẖkr, sẖkrj6, sẖkry6 sẖkr, sẖkrw5 prospective sẖkr, sẖkrtj7 — sẖkrwtj1 4, sẖkrtj4, sẖkrt4 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 sẖkr  

sẖkr

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]