smꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb
smAAT30

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to slaughter, to kill, to slay

Inflection
Conjugation of smꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: smꜣ, geminated stem: smꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
smꜣ
 smꜣw, smꜣ
 smꜣt
 smꜣ
 smꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
smꜣ
 ḥr smꜣ
 m smꜣ
 r smꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect smꜣ.n
 smꜣw, smꜣ
 consecutive smꜣ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative smꜣt
perfective3 smꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 smꜣ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective smꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 smꜣ
 smꜣꜣ
 potentialis1 smꜣ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive smꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect smꜣ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective smꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 smꜣ
 smꜣ, smꜣw5, smꜣy5
imperfective smꜣ, smꜣy, smꜣw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 smꜣ, smꜣj6, smꜣy6
 smꜣ, smꜣw5
prospective smꜣ, smꜣtj7
 — smꜣtj4, smꜣt4
  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
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smꜣ  
smAAmWT30
D40
smAmT30
D40
smꜣw smꜣ
From after the ꜣ became silent; the second m
is thus actually a phonetic complement of the first mꜣ

Noun
sG3E2

 m

  1. wild bull

Inflection
Declension of smꜣ (masculine)
singular smꜣ
dual smꜣwj
plural smꜣw

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 169, 186, 213.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 96
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