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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) aware (+ m: of)
c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE,
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 139–140:
- sḏd.j bꜣw.k n jtj dj.j sšꜣ.f m ꜥꜣ.k
- I will recount your ba-power to the sovereign and make him aware of your greatness.
Inflection
Conjugation of šsꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: šsꜣ, geminated stem: šsꜣꜣ
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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šsꜣ
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šsꜣw, šsꜣ
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šsꜣt
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šsꜣ
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šsꜣ
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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šsꜣ
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ḥr šsꜣ
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m šsꜣ
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r šsꜣ
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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šsꜣ.n
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consecutive
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šsꜣ.jn
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| terminative
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šsꜣt
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| perfective3
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šsꜣ
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obligative1
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šsꜣ.ḫr
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| imperfective
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šsꜣ
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| prospective3
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šsꜣ
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potentialis1
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šsꜣ.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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šsꜣ
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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šsꜣ.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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šsꜣ
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šsꜣ
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šsꜣ, šsꜣw5, šsꜣy5
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| imperfective
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šsꜣ, šsꜣy, šsꜣw5
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šsꜣ, šsꜣj6, šsꜣy6
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šsꜣ, šsꜣw5
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| prospective
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šsꜣ, šsꜣtj7
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šsꜣtj4, šsꜣt4
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- 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.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šsꜣ
Derived terms
References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 336.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 89
