sḫt

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sht"

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

Noun

sxtt
N23

 f

  1. field, marshland
    • c. 1900 BCE, Tomb of Djehutihotep II at Deir el-Bersha, published in Newberry, Percy E., El Bersheh I: The tomb of Tehuti-Hetep, pl. 20:
      nkA Z1
      k      		 inin&w nsxtt
      Z1
      n kꜣ.k jnw n(j) sḫt
      The produce of the field is for your ka.
  2. open country, countryside

Inflection

Declension of sḫt (feminine)
singular sḫt
dual sḫtj
plural sḫwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḫt  
sx
t		 sxt
sxtt
Z1
sḫt sḫt

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲱϣⲓ (šōši)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲱϣⲉ (sōše)
  • Coptic Dialect P: ⲥⲱⳋⲉ (sōçe)

Verb

sx
t		 T26
D40

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to trap, to snare
  2. (transitive) to close (a net)
  3. (transitive) to weave

Inflection

Conjugation of sḫt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sḫt, geminated stem: sḫtt
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sḫt
 sḫtw, sḫt
 sḫtt
 sḫt
 sḫt
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sḫt
 ḥr sḫt
 m sḫt
 r sḫt
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect sḫt.n
 sḫtw, sḫt
 consecutive sḫt.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative sḫtt
perfective3 sḫt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 sḫt.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective sḫt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 sḫt
 sḫtt
 potentialis1 sḫt.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive sḫt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect sḫt.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective sḫt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sḫt
 sḫt, sḫtw5, sḫty5
imperfective sḫt, sḫty, sḫtw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sḫt, sḫtj6, sḫty6
 sḫt, sḫtw5
prospective sḫt, sḫttj7
 — sḫttj4, sḫtt4
  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.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53
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