zꜣṯ

See also: zꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑt͡ʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: zatj

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to make a libation
2. (transitive) to pour out, to libate (water)

Inflection

Conjugation of zꜣṯ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: zꜣṯ, geminated stem: zꜣṯṯ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
zꜣṯ	zꜣṯw, zꜣṯ	zꜣṯt	zꜣṯ	zꜣṯ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
zꜣṯ	ḥr zꜣṯ	m zꜣṯ	r zꜣṯ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	zꜣṯ.n	zꜣṯw, zꜣṯ	consecutive	zꜣṯ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	zꜣṯt
perfective3	zꜣṯ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	zꜣṯ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	zꜣṯ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	zꜣṯ	zꜣṯṯ	potentialis1	zꜣṯ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	zꜣṯ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	zꜣṯ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	zꜣṯ	active + .tj1, .tw2	zꜣṯ	zꜣṯ, zꜣṯw5, zꜣṯy5
imperfective	zꜣṯ, zꜣṯy, zꜣṯw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	zꜣṯ, zꜣṯj6, zꜣṯy6	zꜣṯ, zꜣṯw5
prospective	zꜣṯ, zꜣṯtj7	—	zꜣṯtj4, zꜣṯt4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣṯ  

zṯ	zꜣṯ	zṯ	zṯ

Noun

 m

1. libation of water

Inflection

Declension of zꜣṯ (masculine)

singular	zꜣṯ
dual	zꜣṯwj
plural	zꜣṯw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣṯ  

zṯ

Noun

 m

1. stone on which a libation is poured [Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of zꜣṯ (masculine)

singular	zꜣṯ
dual	zꜣṯwj
plural	zꜣṯw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣṯ  

zṯ

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 422.11–423.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 211
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166.