Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ʃaˈɾaɾ/ → /ʃaˈɾaʔ/ → /ʃəˈɾaʔ/ → /ʃəˈɾaʔ/
Verb
2ae gem.
- (intransitive) to be(come) little
Inflection
Conjugation of šrr (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: šr, geminated stem: šrr
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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šrr8
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šrr
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šrrt
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šrr, šr
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šrr, šr
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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šrr, šr
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ḥr šrr
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m šrr
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r šrr
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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šrr.n, šr.n
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consecutive
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šr.jn
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| terminative
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šrrt
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| perfective3
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šr
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obligative1
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šrr.ḫr
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| imperfective
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šrr
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| prospective3
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šrr
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potentialis1
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šr.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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šr
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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šr.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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šr
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šr
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šr, šrw5, šry5
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| imperfective
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šrr, šrry, šrrw5
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šrr, šrrj6, šrry6
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šrr, šrrw5
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| prospective
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šr, šrtj7
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šrrtj4, šrrt4
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1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 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.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.
8 šr before suffix pronouns.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šrr
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 238.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 123