sꜥꜣj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ꜥꜣj (“to be great”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛɑːʔɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: seaai

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to enlarge
2. (transitive) to make great or important

Inflection

Conjugation of sꜥꜣj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sꜥꜣ, geminated stem: sꜥꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sꜥꜣt, sꜥꜣj sꜥꜣw, sꜥꜣ sꜥꜣt, sꜥꜣwt, sꜥꜣyt sꜥꜣ sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sꜥꜣ ḥr sꜥꜣt, ḥr sꜥꜣj m sꜥꜣt, m sꜥꜣj r sꜥꜣt, r sꜥꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sꜥꜣ.n sꜥꜣw, sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy consecutive sꜥꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sꜥꜣt perfective3 sꜥꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sꜥꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sꜥꜣw, sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy sꜥꜣw, sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy potentialis1 sꜥꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sꜥꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sꜥꜣw1, sꜥꜣy, sꜥꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 sꜥꜣ sꜥꜣy, sꜥꜣ imperfective sꜥꜣꜣ, sꜥꜣꜣy, sꜥꜣꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sꜥꜣꜣ, sꜥꜣꜣj6, sꜥꜣꜣy6 sꜥꜣꜣ, sꜥꜣꜣw5 prospective sꜥꜣw1, sꜥꜣy, sꜥꜣ, sꜥꜣtj7 — sꜥꜣwtj1 4, sꜥꜣtj4, sꜥꜣt4 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 189.