Egyptian
Etymology
s- (causative prefix) + ṯzj (“to raise, lift up”).
Pronunciation
Verb
caus. 3ae inf.
- (transitive) to raise, to lift up
c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 1–3:
- špss kꜣ pw ḫnt(j) ḏdw […] ḥtp(.w) m nn-nswt mnḫ hnw m nꜥrt ḫpr.t(j) r sṯ(z)t bꜣ.f
- He is noble of ka, this foremost one of Busiris, […] who rests in Heracleopolis, splendid of acclaim in the naret-tree that came into being to raise up his ba
Inflection
Conjugation of sṯzj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sṯz, geminated stem: sṯzz
| 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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sṯzt, sṯzj
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sṯzw, sṯz
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sṯzt, sṯzwt, sṯzyt
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sṯz
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sṯz, sṯzy
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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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sṯz
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ḥr sṯzt, ḥr sṯzj
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m sṯzt, m sṯzj
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r sṯzt, r sṯzj
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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sṯz.n
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sṯzw, sṯz, sṯzy
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consecutive
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sṯz.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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sṯzt
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| perfective3
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sṯz
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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sṯz.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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sṯz, sṯzy
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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sṯzw, sṯz, sṯzy
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sṯzw, sṯz, sṯzy
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potentialis1
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sṯz.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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sṯz, sṯzy
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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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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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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sṯz.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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sṯzw1, sṯzy, sṯz
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sṯz
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sṯzy, sṯz
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| imperfective
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sṯzz, sṯzzy, sṯzzw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sṯzz, sṯzzj6, sṯzzy6
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sṯzz, sṯzzw5
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| prospective
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sṯzw1, sṯzy, sṯz, sṯztj7
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—
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sṯzwtj1 4, sṯztj4, sṯzt4
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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.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sṯzj
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| sṯzj
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| [since the 18th Dynasty]
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Derived terms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 360.15–361.3
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 256
- Allen, James Peter (1984) The Inflection of the Verb in the Pyramid Texts, Malibu, California: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 592