srwj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ rwj (“to depart”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛruːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: serwi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to remove

Inflection

Conjugation of srwj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: srw, geminated stem: srww

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
srwt, srwj	srww, srw	srwt, srwwt, srwyt	srw	srw, srwy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
srw	ḥr srwt, ḥr srwj	m srwt, m srwj	r srwt, r srwj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	srw.n	srww, srw, srwy	consecutive	srw.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	srwt
perfective3	srw	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	srw.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	srw, srwy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	srww, srw, srwy	srww, srw, srwy	potentialis1	srw.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	srw, srwy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	srw.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	srww1, srwy, srw	active + .tj1, .tw2	srw	srwy, srw
imperfective	srww, srwwy, srwww5	active + .tj1, .tw2	srww, srwwj6, srwwy6	srww, srwww5
prospective	srww1, srwy, srw, srwtj7	—	srwwtj1 4, srwtj4, srwt4
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

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 162.