šsꜣ

Egyptian[edit]

3-lit.

(intransitive) to be(come) aware (+ m: of)
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 139–140:
  
  sḏd.j bꜣw.k n jtj dj.j sšꜣ.f m ꜥꜣ.k
  I will recount your ba-power to the sovereign and make him aware of your greatness.

Conjugation of šsꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: šsꜣ, geminated stem: šsꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
šsꜣ	šsꜣw, šsꜣ	šsꜣt	šsꜣ	šsꜣ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
šsꜣ	ḥr šsꜣ	m šsꜣ	r šsꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	šsꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	šsꜣ	šsꜣ	šsꜣ, šsꜣw⁵, šsꜣy⁵
imperfective	šsꜣ, šsꜣy, šsꜣw⁵	šsꜣ, šsꜣj⁶, šsꜣy⁶	šsꜣ, šsꜣw⁵
prospective	šsꜣ, šsꜣtj⁷	šsꜣtj⁴, šsꜣt⁴
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.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šsꜣ

sšꜣ

with metathesis

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 336.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 89