šrr

See also: srr and SRR

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾaɾ/ → /ʃaˈɾaʔ/ → /ʃəˈɾaʔ/ → /ʃəˈɾaʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾaɾ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈɾaʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈɾaʔ/

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

Verb

 2ae gem.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) little

Inflection

Conjugation of šrr (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: šr, geminated stem: šrr

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
šrr8	šrr	šrrt	šrr, šr	šrr, šr

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
šrr, šr	ḥr šrr	m šrr	r šrr

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	šrr.n, šr.n	consecutive	šr.jn
terminative	šrrt
perfective3	šr	obligative1	šrr.ḫr
imperfective	šrr
prospective3	šrr	potentialis1	šr.kꜣ
subjunctive	šr

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	šr.n	—	—
perfective	šr	šr	šr, šrw5, šry5
imperfective	šrr, šrry, šrrw5	šrr, šrrj6, šrry6	šrr, šrrw5
prospective	šr, šrtj7	šrrtj4, šrrt4
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. šr before suffix pronouns.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šrr  

šrj

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 238.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 123