gsꜣ

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

gssAAO37

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to tilt

Inflection

Conjugation of gsꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: gsꜣ, geminated stem: gsꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
gsꜣ
gsꜣw, gsꜣ
gsꜣt
gsꜣ
gsꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
gsꜣ
ḥr gsꜣ
m gsꜣ
r gsꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect gsꜣ.n
consecutive gsꜣ.jn
terminative gsꜣt
perfective3 gsꜣ
obligative1 gsꜣ.ḫr
imperfective gsꜣ
prospective3 gsꜣ
potentialis1 gsꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive gsꜣ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect gsꜣ.n
perfective gsꜣ
gsꜣ
gsꜣ, gsꜣw5, gsꜣy5
imperfective gsꜣ, gsꜣy, gsꜣw5
gsꜣ, gsꜣj6, gsꜣy6
gsꜣ, gsꜣw5
prospective gsꜣ, gsꜣtj7
gsꜣtj4, gsꜣt4

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 Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 284.