smꜣwj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ mꜣwj (“to be(come) new”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɑuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: semaui

Verb

 caus. 4ae inf.

1. (transitive) to renew

Inflection

Conjugation of smꜣwj (causative fourth weak / caus. 4ae inf. / caus. IV. inf.) — base stem: smꜣw

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural smꜣw smꜣww, smꜣwyw, smꜣw smꜣwt, smꜣwwt, smꜣwyt smꜣw smꜣw, smꜣwy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 smꜣw ḥr smꜣw m smꜣw r smꜣw suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect smꜣw.n smꜣww, smꜣw, smꜣwy consecutive smꜣw.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative smꜣwt perfective3 smꜣw active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 smꜣw.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective smꜣw, smꜣwy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 smꜣww, smꜣw, smꜣwy smꜣww, smꜣw, smꜣwy potentialis1 smꜣw.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive smꜣw, smꜣwy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect smꜣw.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective smꜣww1, smꜣwy, smꜣw active + .tj1, .tw2 smꜣw smꜣwy, smꜣw imperfective smꜣw, smꜣwy, smꜣww5 active + .tj1, .tw2 smꜣw, smꜣwj6, smꜣwy6 smꜣw, smꜣww5 prospective smꜣww1, smꜣwy, smꜣw, smꜣwtj7 — smꜣwwtj1 4, smꜣwtj4, smꜣwt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smꜣwj  

smꜣwj

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 164, 295.