zꜣṯ

See also: zꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑt͡ʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: zatj

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to make a libation
2. (transitive) to pour out, to libate (water)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural zꜣṯ zꜣṯw, zꜣṯ zꜣṯt zꜣṯ zꜣṯ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 zꜣṯ ḥr zꜣṯ m zꜣṯ r zꜣṯ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect zꜣṯ.n zꜣṯw, zꜣṯ consecutive zꜣṯ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative zꜣṯt perfective3 zꜣṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 zꜣṯ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective zꜣṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 zꜣṯ zꜣṯṯ potentialis1 zꜣṯ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive zꜣṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect zꜣṯ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective zꜣṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 zꜣṯ zꜣṯ, zꜣṯw5, zꜣṯy5 imperfective zꜣṯ, zꜣṯy, zꜣṯw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 zꜣṯ, zꜣṯj6, zꜣṯy6 zꜣṯ, zꜣṯw5 prospective zꜣṯ, zꜣṯtj7 — zꜣṯtj4, zꜣṯt4 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 zꜣṯ  

zṯ	zꜣṯ	zṯ	zṯ

Noun

 m

1. libation of water

Inflection

Declension of zꜣṯ (masculine)

singular	zꜣṯ
dual	zꜣṯwj
plural	zꜣṯw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣṯ  

zṯ

Noun

 m

1. stone on which a libation is poured [Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of zꜣṯ (masculine)

singular	zꜣṯ
dual	zꜣṯwj
plural	zꜣṯw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣṯ  

zṯ

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 422.11–423.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 211
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166.