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
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sqr  

sqr	sqr

Derived terms

• msqt
• sqr-ꜥnḫ