spj

Egyptian

FWOTD – 5 February 2014

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛpi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sepi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to tie with rope, to bind
   • Anon. Rock Tombs at Meir:

     spt smḥ

     Binding a skiff.

Inflection

Conjugation of spj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: sp, geminated stem: spp

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural spt, spj spw, sp spt, spwt, spyt sp sp, spy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sp8, spp8 ḥr spt, ḥr spj m spt, m spj r spt, r spj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sp.n spw, sp, spy consecutive sp.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative spt, spyt perfective3 sp active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sp.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sp, spy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 spw, sp, spy spw, sp, spy potentialis1 sp.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sp, spy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sp.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective spw1, spy, sp active + .tj1, .tw2 sp spy, sp imperfective spp, sppy, sppw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 spp, sppj6, sppy6 spp, sppw5 prospective spw1, spy, sp, sptj7 — spwtj1 4, sptj4, spt4 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. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.