stꜣ

See also: štꜣ and sṯꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ tꜣ (“to burn, to be hot”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛtɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: seta

Verb

 caus. 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to light (on fire), to set on fire, to ignite

Inflection

Conjugation of stꜣ (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: stꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural stꜣt, stꜣ stꜣw, stꜣ stꜣt stꜣ stꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 stꜣ ḥr stꜣ m stꜣ r stꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect stꜣ.n stꜣw, stꜣ consecutive stꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative stꜣt perfective3 stꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 stꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective stꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 stꜣw, stꜣ, stꜣy stꜣw, stꜣ, stꜣy potentialis1 stꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive stꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect stꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective stꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 stꜣ stꜣ, stꜣw5, stꜣy5 imperfective stꜣ, stꜣy, stꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 stꜣ, stꜣj6, stꜣy6 stꜣ, stꜣw5 prospective stꜣ, stꜣtj7 — stꜣwtj1 4, stꜣtj4, stꜣt4 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 251.