s- ( causative prefix ) + ḥtm ( “ to be destroyed ” ) .
caus. 3-lit.
( transitive ) destroy
Conjugation of sḥtm (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: sḥtm
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
sḥtm sḥtmw , sḥtm sḥtmt sḥtm sḥtm
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
sḥtm ḥr sḥtm m sḥtm r sḥtm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
sḥtm.n sḥtmw , sḥtm consecutive
sḥtm.jn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
sḥtmt
perfective 3
sḥtm active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 obligative1
sḥtm.ḫr active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
sḥtm active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
sḥtmw , sḥtm , sḥtmy sḥtmw , sḥtm , sḥtmy potentialis1
sḥtm.kꜣ active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
sḥtm active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
sḥtm.n active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 —
—
perfective
sḥtm active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 sḥtm sḥtm , sḥtmw 5 , sḥtmy 5
imperfective
sḥtm , sḥtmy , sḥtmw 5 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 sḥtm , sḥtmj 6 , sḥtmy 6 sḥtm , sḥtmw 5
prospective
sḥtm , sḥtmtj 7 —
sḥtmwtj 1 4 , sḥtmtj 4 , sḥtmt 4
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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḥtm
Hoch, James (1997 ) Middle Egyptian Grammar , Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN pages 153, 163 
