šzp

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛzɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: shezep

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

1. palm
2. a measure of length equivalent to 4 ḏbꜥw (“digits”) or ¹⁄₇^th of a mḥ (“cubit”) (about 7.5 centimetres).

Inflection

Declension of šzp (masculine)

singular	šzp
dual	šzpwj
plural	šzpw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šzp  

šzp	šzp

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːzap/ → /ˈʃaːp/ → /ˈʃoːp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːzap/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːp/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːp/

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to accept, to receive, to take without force
2. (transitive) to catch (fish)
3. (transitive) to buy
4. (transitive) to set out on, to commence

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
šzp	šzpw, šzp	šzpt	šzp	šzp

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	šzp.n	šzpw, šzp	consecutive	šzp.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	šzpt
perfective3	šzp	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	šzp.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	šzp	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	šzp	šzpp	potentialis1	šzp.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	šzp	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	šzp.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	šzp	active + .tj1, .tw2	šzp	šzp, šzpw5, šzpy5
imperfective	šzp, šzpy, šzpw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	šzp, šzpj6, šzpy6	šzp, šzpw5
prospective	šzp, šzptj7	—	šzptj4, šzpt4
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 šzp  

šzp	sšp	šzp	šzp

Derived terms

• šzp ꜣwt-jb (“beginning of joy”)
• šzp ꜣs (“hurry”)
• šzp jꜣw (“become old”)
• šzp ꜥḥꜣ r (“attack”)
• šzp wꜣt (“travel”)
• šzp wnwt bjnt (“have a bad time”)
• šzp bjꜣt (“perform a miracle”)
• šzp fꜣ ṯꜣw (“sail forth”)
• šzp nmtt (“assent to acts”)
• šzp kḥkḥ (“become old”)
• šzp ksw (“crouch”)

 

Descendants

• Demotic: šp
  • Coptic: ϣⲱⲡ (šōp)

Etymology 2

Noun

 m

1. statue, religious image, sphinx

Inflection

Declension of šzp (masculine)

singular	šzp
dual	šzpwj
plural	šzpw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šzp  

šzp

Other alternative hieroglyphic writings use a sphinx on a plinth or a sphinx wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt as determinatives.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 105, 118, 181, 184, 233–234, 275.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 271–272