sqꜣj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ qꜣj (“to be high”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛkɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: seqai

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to raise, to elevate

Inflection

Conjugation of sqꜣj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sqꜣ, geminated stem: sqꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
sqꜣt, sqꜣj	sqꜣw, sqꜣ	sqꜣt, sqꜣwt, sqꜣyt	sqꜣ	sqꜣ, sqꜣy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
sqꜣ	ḥr sqꜣt, ḥr sqꜣj	m sqꜣt, m sqꜣj	r sqꜣt, r sqꜣj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sqꜣ.n	sqꜣw, sqꜣ, sqꜣy	consecutive	sqꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	sqꜣt
perfective3	sqꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	sqꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sqꜣ, sqꜣy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	sqꜣw, sqꜣ, sqꜣy	sqꜣw, sqꜣ, sqꜣy	potentialis1	sqꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sqꜣ, sqꜣy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sqꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	sqꜣw1, sqꜣy, sqꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	sqꜣ	sqꜣy, sqꜣ
imperfective	sqꜣꜣ, sqꜣꜣy, sqꜣꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	sqꜣꜣ, sqꜣꜣj6, sqꜣꜣy6	sqꜣꜣ, sqꜣꜣw5
prospective	sqꜣw1, sqꜣy, sqꜣ, sqꜣtj7	—	sqꜣwtj1 4, sqꜣtj4, sqꜣt4
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 250.