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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
2ae gem.
- (intransitive) to be(come) wise
Inflection
Conjugation of sꜣꜣ (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: sꜣ, geminated stem: sꜣꜣ
| 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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sꜣꜣ8
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sꜣꜣ
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sꜣꜣt
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sꜣꜣ, sꜣ
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sꜣꜣ, sꜣ
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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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sꜣꜣ, sꜣ
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ḥr sꜣꜣ
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m sꜣꜣ
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r sꜣꜣ
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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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sꜣꜣ.n, sꜣ.n
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consecutive
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sꜣ.jn
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| terminative
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sꜣꜣt
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| perfective3
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sꜣ
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obligative1
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sꜣꜣ.ḫr
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| imperfective
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sꜣꜣ
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| prospective3
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sꜣꜣ
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potentialis1
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sꜣ.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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sꜣ
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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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sꜣ.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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sꜣ
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sꜣ
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sꜣ, sꜣw5, sꜣy5
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| imperfective
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sꜣꜣ, sꜣꜣy, sꜣꜣw5
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sꜣꜣ, sꜣꜣj6, sꜣꜣy6
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sꜣꜣ, sꜣꜣw5
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| prospective
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sꜣ, sꜣtj7
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sꜣꜣtj4, sꜣꜣt4
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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.
- sꜣ before suffix pronouns.
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Noun
m
- wise man
Inflection
Declension of sꜣꜣ (masculine)
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 393.
