sjzj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ jzj (“to be light”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛizi/
  • Conventional anglicization: seizi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to lighten (a load)
2. (transitive) to make easy

Inflection

Conjugation of sjzj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sjz

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
sjzt, sjzj	sjzw, sjz	sjzt, sjzwt, sjzyt	sjz	sjz, sjzy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
sjz	ḥr sjzt, ḥr sjzj	m sjzt, m sjzj	r sjzt, r sjzj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sjz.n	sjzw, sjz, sjzy	consecutive	sjz.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	sjzt
perfective3	sjz	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	sjz.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sjz, sjzy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	sjzw, sjz, sjzy	sjzw, sjz, sjzy	potentialis1	sjz.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sjz, sjzy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sjz.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	sjzw1, sjzy, sjz	active + .tj1, .tw2	sjz	sjzy, sjz
imperfective	sjz, sjzy, sjzw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	sjz, sjzj6, sjzy6	sjz, sjzw5
prospective	sjzw1, sjzy, sjz, sjztj7	—	sjzwtj1 4, sjztj4, sjzt4
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 277.