ssꜣj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative ending) +‎ sꜣj (“to be(come) sated”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛsɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sesai

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to sate (+ m: with)

Inflection

Conjugation of ssꜣj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: ssꜣ, geminated stem: ssꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ssꜣt, ssꜣj ssꜣw, ssꜣ ssꜣt, ssꜣwt, ssꜣyt ssꜣ ssꜣ, ssꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ssꜣ ḥr ssꜣt, ḥr ssꜣj m ssꜣt, m ssꜣj r ssꜣt, r ssꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ssꜣ.n ssꜣw, ssꜣ, ssꜣy consecutive ssꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ssꜣt perfective3 ssꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ssꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ssꜣ, ssꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ssꜣw, ssꜣ, ssꜣy ssꜣw, ssꜣ, ssꜣy potentialis1 ssꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ssꜣ, ssꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ssꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ssꜣw1, ssꜣy, ssꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 ssꜣ ssꜣy, ssꜣ imperfective ssꜣꜣ, ssꜣꜣy, ssꜣꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ssꜣꜣ, ssꜣꜣj6, ssꜣꜣy6 ssꜣꜣ, ssꜣꜣw5 prospective ssꜣw1, ssꜣy, ssꜣ, ssꜣtj7 — ssꜣwtj1 4, ssꜣtj4, ssꜣt4 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 ssꜣj  

ssꜣj

[New Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 275.1–275.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 245