See also: Appendix:Variations of "sht"
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈsaːχat/ → /ˈsaːχaʔ/ → /ˈsaːχa/ → /ˈsoːχə/
Noun
f
- field, marshland
- c. 1900 BCE, Tomb of Djehutihotep II at Deir el-Bersha, published in Newberry, Percy E., El Bersheh I: The tomb of Tehuti-Hetep, pl. 20:
- n kꜣ.k jnw n(j) sḫt
- The produce of the field is for your ka.
- open country, countryside
Inflection
Declension of sḫt (feminine)
| singular
|
sḫt
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| dual
|
sḫtj
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| plural
|
sḫwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḫt
Derived terms
Descendants
- Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲱϣⲓ (šōši)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲱϣⲉ (sōše)
- Coptic Dialect P: ⲥⲱⳋⲉ (sōçe)
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to trap, to snare
- (transitive) to close (a net)
- (transitive) to weave
Inflection
Conjugation of sḫt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sḫt, geminated stem: sḫtt
| infinitival forms
|
imperative
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| infinitive
|
negatival complement
|
complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
|
sḫt
|
sḫtw, sḫt
|
sḫtt
|
sḫt
|
sḫt
|
| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
|
periphrastic imperfective2
|
periphrastic prospective2
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sḫt
|
ḥr sḫt
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m sḫt
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r sḫt
|
| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
|
active
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passive
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contingent
|
| aspect / mood
|
active
|
passive
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| perfect
|
sḫt.n
|
sḫtw, sḫt
|
consecutive
|
sḫt.jn
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
|
sḫtt
|
| perfective3
|
sḫt
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
obligative1
|
sḫt.ḫr
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
|
sḫt
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
| prospective3
|
sḫt
|
sḫtt
|
potentialis1
|
sḫt.kꜣ
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
|
sḫt
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
| verbal adjectives
|
| aspect / mood
|
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
|
participles
|
| active
|
passive
|
active
|
passive
|
| perfect
|
sḫt.n
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
—
|
—
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| perfective
|
sḫt
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
sḫt
|
sḫt, sḫtw5, sḫty5
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| imperfective
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sḫt, sḫty, sḫtw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sḫt, sḫtj6, sḫty6
|
sḫt, sḫtw5
|
| prospective
|
sḫt, sḫttj7
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—
|
sḫttj4, sḫtt4
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1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 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.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲱϧⲓ (sōxi)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲱϩⲉ (sōhe)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 74, 113.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 84, 125
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53