sꜣq

See also: šꜣq

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈsaːʀaqʼ//ˈsaːʀaqʼ//ˈsaːʔəqʼ//ˈsoːʔəqʼ/

Verb


 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to gather or put together [since the Pyramid Texts]
  2. (transitive, of a land) to keep in order or under control [Middle Kingdom]
  3. (transitive) to fold one’s arms [19th Dynasty and Greco-Roman Period]
  4. (transitive, medicine) to contract (one’s pupils or uterus) by means of medicine
  5. (transitive, medicine) to hold in one’s urine

Inflection

Conjugation of sꜣq (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sꜣq, geminated stem: sꜣqq
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sꜣq
sꜣqw, sꜣq
sꜣqt
sꜣq
sꜣq
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sꜣq
ḥr sꜣq
m sꜣq
r sꜣq
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect sꜣq.n
sꜣqw, sꜣq
consecutive sꜣq.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative sꜣqt
perfective3 sꜣq
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 sꜣq.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective sꜣq
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 sꜣq
sꜣqq
potentialis1 sꜣq.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive sꜣq
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect sꜣq.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective sꜣq
active + .tj1, .tw2
sꜣq
sꜣq, sꜣqw5, sꜣqy5
imperfective sꜣq, sꜣqy, sꜣqw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
sꜣq, sꜣqj6, sꜣqy6
sꜣq, sꜣqw5
prospective sꜣq, sꜣqtj7
sꜣqtj4, sꜣqt4

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.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • *sꜣq
  • sꜣq-jb
  • sꜣq-bꜣw
  • sꜣq-ḥꜥw.f

Descendants

  • Demotic: sq
    • Coptic: ⲥⲱⲕ (sōk)

References