sꜥḥ
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɑːh/
- Conventional anglicization: sah
Verb
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3-lit.
- (transitive) to ennoble, to distinguish
- (transitive) to wrap (the image of a god) in bandages
- (transitive) to mummify
- (intransitive, usually as part of a causative after rḏj) to be(come) distinguished or noble
Inflection
editConjugation of sꜥḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sꜥḥ, geminated stem: sꜥḥḥ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
sꜥḥ |
sꜥḥw, sꜥḥ |
sꜥḥt |
sꜥḥ |
sꜥḥ |
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
sꜥḥ |
ḥr sꜥḥ |
m sꜥḥ |
r sꜥḥ |
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | sꜥḥ.n |
sꜥḥw, sꜥḥ |
consecutive | sꜥḥ.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | sꜥḥt | ||||
perfective3 | sꜥḥ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | sꜥḥ.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | sꜥḥ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | sꜥḥ |
sꜥḥḥ |
potentialis1 | sꜥḥ.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | sꜥḥ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | sꜥḥ.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | sꜥḥ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
sꜥḥ |
sꜥḥ, sꜥḥw5, sꜥḥy5 |
imperfective | sꜥḥ, sꜥḥy, sꜥḥw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
sꜥḥ, sꜥḥj6, sꜥḥy6 |
sꜥḥ, sꜥḥw5 |
prospective | sꜥḥ, sꜥḥtj7 |
— | sꜥḥtj4, sꜥḥt4 | |
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Alternative forms
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sꜥḥ |
Noun
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m
Inflection
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sꜥḥ |
Noun
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m
- dignitary, privileged or distinguished person
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 7–8:
- sꜥḥ ꜣḫ ḫnt sꜥḥw wꜣḥ jꜣwt smn ḥqꜣt sḫm nfr n(j) psḏt jmꜣ ḥr mrr mꜣ n.f rdj snḏ.f m tꜣw nb(w) n mr(w)t dm.sn rn.f r ḥꜣt […]
- Effective dignitary, foremost of dignitaries, enduring of office, established of reign, the fair power of the Ennead, gracious of face, the sight of whom is beloved, the awe of whom is set in all lands in order that they pronounce his name first, […]
Inflection
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editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of sꜥḥ
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sꜥḥ |
Noun
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m
Inflection
editReferences
edit- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 49.3–50.2, 50.8–52.15
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 214–215
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 362.