Egyptian
Etymology
s- (causative prefix) + mꜣwj (“to be(come) new”).
Pronunciation
Verb
caus. 4ae inf.
- (transitive) to renew
Inflection
Conjugation of smꜣwj (causative fourth weak / caus. 4ae inf. / caus. IV. inf.) — base stem: smꜣw
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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smꜣw
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smꜣww, smꜣwyw, smꜣw
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smꜣwt, smꜣwwt, smꜣwyt
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smꜣw
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smꜣw, smꜣwy
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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smꜣw
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ḥr smꜣw
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m smꜣw
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r smꜣw
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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smꜣw.n
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smꜣww, smꜣw, smꜣwy
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consecutive
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smꜣw.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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smꜣwt
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| perfective3
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smꜣw
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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smꜣw.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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smꜣw, smꜣwy
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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smꜣww, smꜣw, smꜣwy
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smꜣww, smꜣw, smꜣwy
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potentialis1
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smꜣw.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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smꜣw, smꜣwy
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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smꜣw.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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smꜣww1, smꜣwy, smꜣw
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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smꜣw
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smꜣwy, smꜣw
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| imperfective
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smꜣw, smꜣwy, smꜣww5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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smꜣw, smꜣwj6, smꜣwy6
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smꜣw, smꜣww5
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| prospective
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smꜣww1, smꜣwy, smꜣw, smꜣwtj7
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—
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smꜣwwtj1 4, smꜣwtj4, smꜣwt4
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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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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smꜣwj
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 164, 295.