smsj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ msj (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɛsi/
  • Conventional anglicization: semesi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to cause to give birth
2. (transitive) to assist (a woman) in bearing a child, to deliver (a woman)

Inflection

Conjugation of smsj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sms, geminated stem: smss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
smst, smsj	smsw, sms	smst, smswt, smsyt	sms	sms, smsy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
sms	ḥr smst, ḥr smsj	m smst, m smsj	r smst, r smsj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sms.n	smsw, sms, smsy	consecutive	sms.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	smst
perfective3	sms	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	sms.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sms, smsy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	smsw, sms, smsy	smsw, sms, smsy	potentialis1	sms.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sms, smsy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sms.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	smsw1, smsy, sms	active + .tj1, .tw2	sms	smsy, sms
imperfective	smss, smssy, smssw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	smss, smssj6, smssy6	smss, smssw5
prospective	smsw1, smsy, sms, smstj7	—	smswtj1 4, smstj4, smst4
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 165.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 108