sjzj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ jzj (“to be light”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛizi/
  • Conventional anglicization: seizi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to lighten (a load)
2. (transitive) to make easy

Inflection

Conjugation of sjzj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sjz

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sjzt, sjzj sjzw, sjz sjzt, sjzwt, sjzyt sjz sjz, sjzy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sjz ḥr sjzt, ḥr sjzj m sjzt, m sjzj r sjzt, r sjzj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sjz.n sjzw, sjz, sjzy consecutive sjz.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sjzt perfective3 sjz active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sjz.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sjz, sjzy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sjzw, sjz, sjzy sjzw, sjz, sjzy potentialis1 sjz.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sjz, sjzy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sjz.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sjzw1, sjzy, sjz active + .tj1, .tw2 sjz sjzy, sjz imperfective sjz, sjzy, sjzw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sjz, sjzj6, sjzy6 sjz, sjzw5 prospective sjzw1, sjzy, sjz, sjztj7 — sjzwtj1 4, sjztj4, sjzt4 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 277.