sqr

English

Noun

sqr (countable and uncountable, plural sqrs)

1. Abbreviation of square root.
2. Abbreviation of square.

Anagrams

• QRS, QRs, QSR, qrs

Egyptian

Etymology

Compare with Akkadian 𒄿𒊕𒄫 (i-šaq-qir /⁠šaqāru, išaqqir⁠/, “to pierce, to decimate”) and Arabic سَقَرَ (saqara, “to strike with hot heat, sunstroke, to burn up or scorch, to hurt or damage especially with heat”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛkɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: seqer

Noun

 m

1. a punch
2. a wound

Inflection

Declension of sqr (masculine)

singular	sqr
dual	sqrwj
plural	sqrw

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to strike, to smite
2. (transitive) to work or beat metal

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sqr sqrw, sqr sqrt sqr sqr ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sqr ḥr sqr m sqr r sqr suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sqr.n sqrw, sqr consecutive sqr.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sqrt perfective3 sqr active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sqr.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sqr active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sqr sqrr potentialis1 sqr.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sqr active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sqr.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sqr active + .tj1, .tw2 sqr sqr, sqrw5, sqry5 imperfective sqr, sqry, sqrw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sqr, sqrj6, sqry6 sqr, sqrw5 prospective sqr, sqrtj7 — sqrtj4, sqrt4 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 sqr  

sqr	sqr

Derived terms

• msqt
• sqr-ꜥnḫ