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 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.

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.