snšmšm

Egyptian

Etymology

From an (unattested) reduplication of nšm (“to cut”) prefixed with s- (causative prefix).

Pronunciation

Verb


 caus. 5-lit.

  1. (transitive) to sharpen, to file

Inflection
Conjugation of snšmšm (causative quinquiliteral / caus. 5-lit. / caus. 5rad.) — base stem: snšmšm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
snšmšm
 snšmšmw, snšmšm
 snšmšmt
 snšmšm
 snšmšm
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
snšmšm
 ḥr snšmšm
 m snšmšm
 r snšmšm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect snšmšm.n
 snšmšmw, snšmšm
 consecutive snšmšm.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative snšmšmt
perfective3 snšmšm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 snšmšm.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective snšmšm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 snšmšmw, snšmšm, snšmšmy
 snšmšmw, snšmšm, snšmšmy
 potentialis1 snšmšm.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive snšmšm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect snšmšm.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective snšmšm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 snšmšm
 snšmšm, snšmšmw5, snšmšmy5
imperfective snšmšm, snšmšmy, snšmšmw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 snšmšm, snšmšmj6, snšmšmy6
 snšmšm, snšmšmw5
prospective snšmšm, snšmšmtj7
 — snšmšmwtj1 4, snšmšmtj4, snšmšmt4
  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.

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 158.
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