s- (causative prefix) + ꜥšꜣ (“to be numerous”).
caus. 3-lit.
- (transitive) to multiply, to make numerous
The plural strokes in this word function as a determinative for numerousness.
Conjugation of sꜥšꜣ (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: sꜥšꜣ
| 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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sꜥšꜣ
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sꜥšꜣw, sꜥšꜣ
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sꜥšꜣt
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sꜥšꜣ
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sꜥšꜣ
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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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sꜥšꜣ
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ḥr sꜥšꜣ
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m sꜥšꜣ
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r sꜥšꜣ
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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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sꜥšꜣ.n
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sꜥšꜣw, sꜥšꜣ
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consecutive
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sꜥšꜣ.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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sꜥšꜣt
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| perfective3
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sꜥšꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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sꜥšꜣ.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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sꜥšꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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sꜥšꜣw, sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣy
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sꜥšꜣw, sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣy
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potentialis1
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sꜥšꜣ.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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sꜥšꜣ
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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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sꜥšꜣ.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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sꜥšꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sꜥšꜣ
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sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣw5, sꜥšꜣy5
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| imperfective
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sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣy, sꜥšꜣw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣj6, sꜥšꜣy6
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sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣw5
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| prospective
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sꜥšꜣ, sꜥšꜣtj7
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—
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sꜥšꜣwtj1 4, sꜥšꜣtj4, sꜥšꜣt4
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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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- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 175.
