smḫ

See also: smh, SMH, smH, and smḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḫm (“to not know”), apparently with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɛx/
  • Conventional anglicization: semekh

Verb

 caus. 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to forget

Inflection

Conjugation of smḫ (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: smḫ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
smḫt, smḫ	smḫw, smḫ	smḫt	smḫ	smḫ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	smḫ.n	smḫw, smḫ	consecutive	smḫ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	smḫt
perfective3	smḫ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	smḫ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	smḫ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	smḫw, smḫ, smḫy	smḫw, smḫ, smḫy	potentialis1	smḫ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	smḫ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smḫ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	smḫ	active + .tj1, .tw2	smḫ	smḫ, smḫw5, smḫy5
imperfective	smḫ, smḫy, smḫw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	smḫ, smḫj6, smḫy6	smḫ, smḫw5
prospective	smḫ, smḫtj7	—	smḫwtj1 4, smḫtj4, smḫt4
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 290.