smt

See also: šmt and SMT

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: semet

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ- (“to hear, to listen”).

Verb

3-lit.

to hear, to examine

Inflection

Conjugation of smt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: smt, geminated stem: smtt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
smt	smtw, smt	smtt	smt	smt

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	smt.n	smtw, smt	consecutive	smt.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	smt.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	smtt
perfective³	smt	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	smt.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	smt	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	smt.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	smt	smtt	potentialis¹	smt.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	smt	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	smt	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smt.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	smt	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smt	smt, smtw⁵, smty⁵
imperfective	smt, smty, smtw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smt, smtj⁶, smty⁶	smt, smtw⁵
prospective	smt, smttj⁷	—	smttj⁴, smtt⁴

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

f

hammock? [18th Dynasty]
- c. 1500 BCE, Ahmose, son of Ebana, Biography of Ahmose, line 6
  
  jw.j m šrj n jrt.j ḥmt jw sḏr.j m smt šnw.
  I was a youth before I had not married, I slept in a net hammock.