ḥsj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive or transitive) to sing

Inflection

Conjugation of ḥsj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḥs, geminated stem: ḥss
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḥst, ḥsj
ḥsw, ḥs
ḥst, ḥswt, ḥsyt
ḥs
ḥs, ḥsy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḥs8, ḥss8
ḥr ḥst, ḥr ḥsj
m ḥst, m ḥsj
r ḥst, r ḥsj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḥs.n
ḥsw, ḥs, ḥsy
consecutive ḥs.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḥst, ḥsyt
perfective3 ḥs
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 ḥs.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḥs, ḥsy
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḥsw, ḥs, ḥsy
ḥsw, ḥs, ḥsy
potentialis1 ḥs.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḥs, ḥsy
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḥs.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective ḥsw1, ḥsy, ḥs
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḥs
ḥsy, ḥs
imperfective ḥss, ḥssy, ḥssw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḥss, ḥssj6, ḥssy6
ḥss, ḥssw5
prospective ḥsw1, ḥsy, ḥs, ḥstj7
ḥswtj1 4, ḥstj4, ḥst4

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 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 165, 465.