sj

• IPA^(key): /sʰ/

sj (upper case Sj)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Cognate to Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.

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

 f sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. she, her (see usage notes)

This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:

• When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
• In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
• When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
• When it follows an imperative, it indicates the subject or the object of the verb.
• When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
• When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sj  

s	sj	s

 f sg 3. proclitic (‘subject form’) pronoun

1. she

This form of pronoun is a proclitic that must stand at the beginning of a sentence (generally adverbial) and cannot come after any particles. It always indicates the subject of the sentence.

See under the enclitic pronoun above.

• James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 51, 116.

sj

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of själv.

   – vgd – inget sj

   – What are you up to? – Nothing, and you?