shꜣj

See also: sḥꜣj and sḫꜣj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ hꜣj (“to descend”).

Pronunciation

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to cause to descend, to bring down

Inflection
Conjugation of shꜣj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: shꜣ, geminated stem: shꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
shꜣt, shꜣj
 shꜣw, shꜣ
 shꜣt, shꜣwt, shꜣyt
 shꜣ
 shꜣ, shꜣy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
shꜣ
 ḥr shꜣt, ḥr shꜣj
 m shꜣt, m shꜣj
 r shꜣt, r shꜣj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect shꜣ.n
 shꜣw, shꜣ, shꜣy
 consecutive shꜣ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative shꜣt
perfective3 shꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 shꜣ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective shꜣ, shꜣy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 shꜣw, shꜣ, shꜣy
 shꜣw, shꜣ, shꜣy
 potentialis1 shꜣ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive shꜣ, shꜣy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect shꜣ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective shꜣw1, shꜣy, shꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 shꜣ
 shꜣy, shꜣ
imperfective shꜣꜣ, shꜣꜣy, shꜣꜣw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 shꜣꜣ, shꜣꜣj6, shꜣꜣy6
 shꜣꜣ, shꜣꜣw5
prospective shꜣw1, shꜣy, shꜣ, shꜣtj7
 — shꜣwtj1 4, shꜣtj4, shꜣt4
  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 259.
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