smnḫ

Egyptian

s- (causative prefix) +‎ mnḫ (“to be effective”).

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɛnɛx/
- Conventional anglicization: semenekh

caus. 3-lit.

Conjugation of smnḫ (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: smnḫ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
smnḫ	smnḫw, smnḫ	smnḫt	smnḫ	smnḫ

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smnḫ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	smnḫ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smnḫ	smnḫ, smnḫw⁵, smnḫy⁵
imperfective	smnḫ, smnḫy, smnḫw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smnḫ, smnḫj⁶, smnḫy⁶	smnḫ, smnḫw⁵
prospective	smnḫ, smnḫtj⁷	—	smnḫwtj^{1 4}, smnḫtj⁴, smnḫt⁴
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.

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 162.