sꜣḫꜣḫ

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ꜣḫꜣḫ (“to be verdant”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛɑxɑx/
  • Conventional anglicization: seakhakh

Verb

 caus. 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to make green or verdant

Inflection

Conjugation of sꜣḫꜣḫ (causative quadriliteral / caus. 4-lit. / caus. 4rad.) — base stem: sꜣḫꜣḫ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sꜣḫꜣḫ sꜣḫꜣḫw, sꜣḫꜣḫ sꜣḫꜣḫt sꜣḫꜣḫ sꜣḫꜣḫ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sꜣḫꜣḫ ḥr sꜣḫꜣḫ m sꜣḫꜣḫ r sꜣḫꜣḫ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sꜣḫꜣḫ.n sꜣḫꜣḫw, sꜣḫꜣḫ consecutive sꜣḫꜣḫ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sꜣḫꜣḫt perfective3 sꜣḫꜣḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sꜣḫꜣḫ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sꜣḫꜣḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sꜣḫꜣḫw, sꜣḫꜣḫ, sꜣḫꜣḫy sꜣḫꜣḫw, sꜣḫꜣḫ, sꜣḫꜣḫy potentialis1 sꜣḫꜣḫ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sꜣḫꜣḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sꜣḫꜣḫ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sꜣḫꜣḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 sꜣḫꜣḫ sꜣḫꜣḫ, sꜣḫꜣḫw5, sꜣḫꜣḫy5 imperfective sꜣḫꜣḫ, sꜣḫꜣḫy, sꜣḫꜣḫw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sꜣḫꜣḫ, sꜣḫꜣḫj6, sꜣḫꜣḫy6 sꜣḫꜣḫ, sꜣḫꜣḫw5 prospective sꜣḫꜣḫ, sꜣḫꜣḫtj7 — sꜣḫꜣḫwtj1 4, sꜣḫꜣḫtj4, sꜣḫꜣḫt4 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.