sš

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ss"

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to open
2. (transitive) to pass, to spread, to strew
3. (transitive) to cut (linen)

Inflection

Conjugation of sš (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: sš, geminated stem: sšš

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
sš	sšw, sš	sšt	sš, j.sš	sš, j.sš

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
sš	ḥr sš	m sš	r sš

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sš.n	sšw, sš	consecutive	sš.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	sšt
perfective3	sš	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	sš.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sš, j.sš1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	sš	sšš	potentialis1	sš.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sš, j.sš1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sš.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	sš	active + .tj1, .tw2	sš	sšš, sššj6, sš2, sšw2 5, sšy2 5
imperfective	j.sš1, sš, sšy, sšw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.sš1, j.sšw1 5, sš, sšj6, sšy6	sš, sšw5
prospective	sš, sštj7	—	sštj4, sšt4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sš  

sš	sš

Romanization

sš

1. Alternative transliteration of zẖꜣ.
2. Alternative transliteration of zẖꜣw.

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]