šsꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛsɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: shesa

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) aware (+ m: of)

Inflection

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	šsꜣ.n	consecutive	šsꜣ.jn
terminative	šsꜣt
perfective3	šsꜣ	obligative1	šsꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	šsꜣ
prospective3	šsꜣ	potentialis1	šsꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	šsꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	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 forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šsꜣ  

sšꜣ

with metathesis

Derived terms

• šsꜣw

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 336.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 89