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Egyptian
Etymology
s- (causative prefix) + mnḫ (“to be effective”).
Pronunciation
Verb
caus. 3-lit.
- (transitive) to make functional or effective
Inflection
Conjugation of smnḫ (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: smnḫ
| 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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smnḫ
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smnḫw, smnḫ
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smnḫt
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smnḫ
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smnḫ
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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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smnḫ
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ḥr smnḫ
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m smnḫ
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r smnḫ
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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smnḫ.n
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smnḫw, smnḫ
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consecutive
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smnḫ.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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smnḫt
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| perfective3
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smnḫ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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smnḫ.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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smnḫ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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smnḫw, smnḫ, smnḫy
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smnḫw, smnḫ, smnḫy
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potentialis1
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smnḫ.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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smnḫ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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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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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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smnḫ.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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smnḫ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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smnḫ
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smnḫ, smnḫw5, smnḫy5
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| imperfective
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smnḫ, smnḫy, smnḫw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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smnḫ, smnḫj6, smnḫy6
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smnḫ, smnḫw5
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| prospective
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smnḫ, smnḫtj7
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—
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smnḫwtj1 4, smnḫtj4, smnḫt4
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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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References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 162.
