spj

Egyptian
FWOTD – 5 February 2014

Pronunciation

Verb
sp
V1

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to tie with rope, to bind
    • Anon. Rock Tombs at Meir:[1]
      sp
      t      		 s
      mH

      P106
      spt smḥ
      Binding a skiff.

Inflection
Conjugation of spj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: sp, geminated stem: spp
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
spt, spj
 spw, sp
 spt, spwt, spyt
 sp
 sp, spy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sp8, spp8
 ḥr spt, ḥr spj
 m spt, m spj
 r spt, r spj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect sp.n
 spw, sp, spy
 consecutive sp.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative spt, spyt
perfective3 sp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 sp.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective sp, spy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 spw, sp, spy
 spw, sp, spy
 potentialis1 sp.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive sp, spy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect sp.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective spw1, spy, sp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sp
 spy, sp
imperfective spp, sppy, sppw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 spp, sppj6, sppy6
 spp, sppw5
prospective spw1, spy, sp, sptj7
 — spwtj1 4, sptj4, spt4
  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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

References
  1. A. M. Blackman, The Rock Tombs of Meir, Vol. 2, pl. 4
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