sḥꜣj

See also: shꜣj and sḫꜣj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḥꜣj (“to be bare”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛhɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sehai

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to strip, to bare

Inflection

Conjugation of sḥꜣj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sḥꜣ, geminated stem: sḥꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
sḥꜣt, sḥꜣj	sḥꜣw, sḥꜣ	sḥꜣt, sḥꜣwt, sḥꜣyt	sḥꜣ	sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
sḥꜣ	ḥr sḥꜣt, ḥr sḥꜣj	m sḥꜣt, m sḥꜣj	r sḥꜣt, r sḥꜣj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sḥꜣ.n	sḥꜣw, sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy	consecutive	sḥꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	sḥꜣt
perfective3	sḥꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	sḥꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	sḥꜣw, sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy	sḥꜣw, sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy	potentialis1	sḥꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sḥꜣ, sḥꜣy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sḥꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	sḥꜣw1, sḥꜣy, sḥꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	sḥꜣ	sḥꜣy, sḥꜣ
imperfective	sḥꜣꜣ, sḥꜣꜣy, sḥꜣꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	sḥꜣꜣ, sḥꜣꜣj6, sḥꜣꜣy6	sḥꜣꜣ, sḥꜣꜣw5
prospective	sḥꜣw1, sḥꜣy, sḥꜣ, sḥꜣtj7	—	sḥꜣwtj1 4, sḥꜣtj4, sḥꜣt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. 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 357.