spj

Egyptian edit

FWOTD – 5 February 2014

3ae inf.

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spt smḥ

Binding a skiff.

Conjugation of spj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: sp, geminated stem: spp

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
spt, spj	spw, sp	spt, spwt, spyt	sp	sp, spy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
sp⁸, spp⁸	ḥr spt, ḥr spj	m spt, m spj	r spt, r spj

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sp.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	spw¹, spy, sp	active + .tj¹, .tw²	sp	spy, sp
imperfective	spp, sppy, sppw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	spp, sppj⁶, sppy⁶	spp, sppw⁵
prospective	spw¹, spy, sp, sptj⁷	—	spwtj^{1 4}, sptj⁴, spt⁴
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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.