stꜣ

See also: štꜣ and sṯꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ tꜣ (“to burn, to be hot”).

Pronunciation

Verb

 caus. 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to light (on fire), to set on fire, to ignite

Inflection
Conjugation of stꜣ (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: stꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
stꜣt, stꜣ
 stꜣw, stꜣ
 stꜣt
 stꜣ
 stꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
stꜣ
 ḥr stꜣ
 m stꜣ
 r stꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect stꜣ.n
 stꜣw, stꜣ
 consecutive stꜣ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative stꜣt
perfective3 stꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 stꜣ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective stꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 stꜣw, stꜣ, stꜣy
 stꜣw, stꜣ, stꜣy
 potentialis1 stꜣ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive stꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect stꜣ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective stꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 stꜣ
 stꜣ, stꜣw5, stꜣy5
imperfective stꜣ, stꜣy, stꜣw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 stꜣ, stꜣj6, stꜣy6
 stꜣ, stꜣw5
prospective stꜣ, stꜣtj7
 — stꜣwtj1 4, stꜣtj4, stꜣt4
  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 251.
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