sksk

See also: SKSK

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of sk (“to wipe out, to destroy”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛksɛk/
- Conventional anglicization: seksek

Verb

4-lit.

(transitive) to destroy

Inflection

Conjugation of sksk (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: sksk

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
sksk	skskw, sksk	skskt	sksk	sksk

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
sksk	ḥr sksk	m sksk	r sksk

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sksk.n	skskw, sksk	consecutive	sksk.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	sksk.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	skskt
perfective³	sksk	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	sksk.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	sksk	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	sksk.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	skskw, sksk	skskw, sksk	potentialis¹	sksk.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	skskw, sksk	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	sksk	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sksk.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	sksk	active + .tj¹, .tw²	sksk	sksk, skskw⁵, sksky⁵
imperfective	sksk, sksky, skskw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	sksk, skskj⁶, sksky⁶	sksk, skskw⁵
prospective	sksk, sksktj⁷	—	skskwtj^{1 4}, sksktj⁴, skskt⁴

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 228.