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.

1. (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
perfect	sksk.n	skskw, sksk	consecutive	sksk.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	skskt
perfective3	sksk	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	sksk.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sksk	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	skskw, sksk	skskw, sksk	potentialis1	sksk.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sksk	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	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	—	skskwtj1 4, sksktj4, skskt4
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.

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.