sjꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (verb): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈsaːjaʀ/ → /ˈsaːjaʀ/ → /ˈsaːʔə/ → /soːʔ/

Verb
siAAA2

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to perceive, to recognize

Inflection
Conjugation of sjꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sjꜣ, geminated stem: sjꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sjꜣ
 sjꜣw, sjꜣ
 sjꜣt
 sjꜣ
 sjꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sjꜣ
 ḥr sjꜣ
 m sjꜣ
 r sjꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect sjꜣ.n
 sjꜣw, sjꜣ
 consecutive sjꜣ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative sjꜣt
perfective3 sjꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 sjꜣ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective sjꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 sjꜣ
 sjꜣꜣ
 potentialis1 sjꜣ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive sjꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect sjꜣ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective sjꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sjꜣ
 sjꜣ, sjꜣw5, sjꜣy5
imperfective sjꜣ, sjꜣy, sjꜣw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sjꜣ, sjꜣj6, sjꜣy6
 sjꜣ, sjꜣw5
prospective sjꜣ, sjꜣtj7
 — sjꜣtj4, sjꜣt4
  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.

Derived terms

Noun
siAAA2

 m

  1. perception, particularly the ability to see what must be done
  2. (medicine) prognostication, ability to determine the prognosis

Proper noun
siAAA40

 m

  1. the god Sia, personification of perception

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 161, 230.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 163
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