smꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to slaughter, to kill, to slay

Inflection

Conjugation of smꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: smꜣ, geminated stem: smꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
smꜣ
smꜣw, smꜣ
smꜣt
smꜣ
smꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
smꜣ
ḥr smꜣ
m smꜣ
r smꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect smꜣ.n
smꜣw, smꜣ
consecutive smꜣ.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative smꜣt
perfective3 smꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 smꜣ.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective smꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 smꜣ
smꜣꜣ
potentialis1 smꜣ.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive smꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect smꜣ.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective smꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
smꜣ
smꜣ, smꜣw5, smꜣy5
imperfective smꜣ, smꜣy, smꜣw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
smꜣ, smꜣj6, smꜣy6
smꜣ, smꜣw5
prospective smꜣ, smꜣtj7
smꜣtj4, smꜣt4

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.

Alternative forms

Noun

 m

  1. wild bull

Inflection

Declension of smꜣ (masculine)
singular smꜣ
dual smꜣwj
plural smꜣw

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 169, 186, 213.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 96