From s- ( causative prefix ) + ksj ( “ to bow down ” ) .
caus. 3ae inf.
( transitive ) to make (someone) bow down
Conjugation of sksj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sks , geminated stem: skss
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
sks.n
sksw , sks , sksy
consecutive
sks.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
skst
perfective 3
sks
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
sks.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
sks , sksy
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
sksw , sks , sksy
sksw , sks , sksy
potentialis1
sks.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
sks , sksy
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
sks.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
sksw 1 , sksy , sks
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
sks
sksy , sks
imperfective
skss , skssy , skssw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
skss , skssj 6 , skssy 6
skss , skssw 5
prospective
sksw 1 , sksy , sks , skstj 7
—
skswtj 1 4 , skstj 4 , skst 4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
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.
Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f /.fj , feminine .s /.sj , dual .sn /.snj , plural .sn .
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.