sksj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ksj (“to bow down”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛksi/
  • Conventional anglicization: seksi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to make to bow down

Inflection

Conjugation of sksj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sks, geminated stem: skss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
skst, sksj	sksw, sks	skst, skswt, sksyt	sks	sks, sksy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
sks	ḥr skst, ḥr sksj	m skst, m sksj	r skst, r sksj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sks.n	sksw, sks, sksy	consecutive	sks.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	skst
perfective3	sks	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	sks.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sks, sksy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	sksw, sks, sksy	sksw, sks, sksy	potentialis1	sks.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sks, sksy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sks.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	sksw1, sksy, sks	active + .tj1, .tw2	sks	sksy, sks
imperfective	skss, skssy, skssw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	skss, skssj6, skssy6	skss, skssw5
prospective	sksw1, sksy, sks, skstj7	—	skswtj1 4, skstj4, skst4
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.

References

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