sꜣꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 2ae gem.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) wise

Inflection

Conjugation of sꜣꜣ (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: sꜣ, geminated stem: sꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sꜣꜣ8
sꜣꜣ
sꜣꜣt
sꜣꜣ, sꜣ
sꜣꜣ, sꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sꜣꜣ, sꜣ
ḥr sꜣꜣ
m sꜣꜣ
r sꜣꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect sꜣꜣ.n, sꜣ.n
consecutive sꜣ.jn
terminative sꜣꜣt
perfective3 sꜣ
obligative1 sꜣꜣ.ḫr
imperfective sꜣꜣ
prospective3 sꜣꜣ
potentialis1 sꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive sꜣ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect sꜣ.n
perfective sꜣ
sꜣ
sꜣ, sꜣw5, sꜣy5
imperfective sꜣꜣ, sꜣꜣy, sꜣꜣw5
sꜣꜣ, sꜣꜣj6, sꜣꜣy6
sꜣꜣ, sꜣꜣw5
prospective sꜣ, sꜣtj7
sꜣꜣtj4, sꜣꜣt4

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 sꜣ before suffix pronouns.

Noun

 m

  1. wise man

Inflection

Declension of sꜣꜣ (masculine)
singular sꜣꜣ
dual sꜣꜣwj
plural sꜣꜣw

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 393.