smsm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmsɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: semsem

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to praise [20th Dynasty]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural smsm smsmw, smsm smsmt smsm smsm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 smsm ḥr smsm m smsm r smsm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect smsm.n smsmw, smsm consecutive smsm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative smsmt perfective3 smsm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 smsm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective smsm active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 smsmw, smsm smsmw, smsm potentialis1 smsm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive smsm active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect smsm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective smsm active + .tj1, .tw2 smsm smsm, smsmw5, smsmy5 imperfective smsm, smsmy, smsmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 smsm, smsmj6, smsmy6 smsm, smsmw5 prospective smsm, smsmtj7 — smsmwtj1 4, smsmtj4, smsmt4 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 smsm  

smsm

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 143