ksj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to bow down (+ n or ḥr: before (someone))
  2. (intransitive) to bend down (in order to pick something up)
  3. (transitive) to bend (something)

Inflection

Conjugation of ksj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ks, geminated stem: kss
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
kst, ksj
ksw, ks
kst, kswt, ksyt
ks
ks, ksy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ks8, kss8
ḥr kst, ḥr ksj
m kst, m ksj
r kst, r ksj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ks.n
ksw, ks, ksy
consecutive ks.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative kst, ksyt
perfective3 ks
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 ks.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ks, ksy
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ksw, ks, ksy
ksw, ks, ksy
potentialis1 ks.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ks, ksy
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ks.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective ksw1, ksy, ks
active + .tj1, .tw2
ks
ksy, ks
imperfective kss, kssy, kssw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
kss, kssj6, kssy6
kss, kssw5
prospective ksw1, ksy, ks, kstj7
kswtj1 4, kstj4, kst4

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.

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