snšmšm

Egyptian[edit]

From an (unattested) reduplication of nšm (“to cut”) prefixed with s- (causative prefix).

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnɛʃɛmʃɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: seneshemshem

caus. 5-lit.

Conjugation of snšmšm (causative quinquiliteral / caus. 5-lit. / caus. 5rad.) — base stem: snšmšm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
snšmšm	snšmšmw, snšmšm	snšmšmt	snšmšm	snšmšm

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	snšmšm.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	snšmšm	active + .tj¹, .tw²	snšmšm	snšmšm, snšmšmw⁵, snšmšmy⁵
imperfective	snšmšm, snšmšmy, snšmšmw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	snšmšm, snšmšmj⁶, snšmšmy⁶	snšmšm, snšmšmw⁵
prospective	snšmšm, snšmšmtj⁷	—	snšmšmwtj^{1 4}, snšmšmtj⁴, snšmšmt⁴
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.

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 158.