šzp

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
O43p
N11

 m

  1. palm
  2. a measure of length equivalent to 4 ḏbꜥw (“digits”) or 1⁄7 of a mḥ (“cubit”) (about 7.5 centimetres).
Inflection
Declension of šzp (masculine)
singular šzp
dual šzpwj
plural šzpw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šzp  
D48
N11
šzp šzp

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʃaːzap/ → /ˈʃaːp/ → /ˈʃoːp/

Verb
O43p
D40

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to accept, to receive, to take without force
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 3–5:
      O43p
      a      		 x
      r      		 p W
      xt      		 HA25A24mn
      n      		 itT14xtHAt
      t t      		 V1r
      a      		 tHr Z1 tA
      N23 Z1
      šzp ḫrpw ḥw mjnt ḥꜣtt rḏj.t(j) ḥr tꜣ
      The mallet has been taken, the mooring post has been struck, and the prow rope is set on land.
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.9–1.10:
      mAtwI3riH_SPACE
      W      		 fF51
      Z2      		 rgsZ1sk
      n      		 I3A1O43p
      a      		 a
      f      		 n
      k
      (j)m ꜣtw r jwf r gs skn šzp dj.f n.k
      Don’t raven after meat next to a voracious man; partake when he gives to you.
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 18–19:
      pr
      r
      D54      		 n
      f
      S10      		 HwmwDn
      gb      		 bO43
      p      		 D40
      n
      f      		 HqAt Z1
      N21
      N21      		 HDtmn
      n
      Y1      		 tiimtp Z1
      f
      pr.n.f mḏḥ.w m wḏ n(j) gbb šzp.n.f ḥqꜣt jdbwj wrrt mn.tj m tp.f
      He came forth wreathed at the command of Geb, having received the rulership of the Two Riverbanks (Egypt), the White Crown fixed upon his head.
  2. (transitive) to catch (fish)
  3. (transitive) to buy
  4. (transitive) to set out on, to commence
Inflection
Conjugation of šzp (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: šzp, geminated stem: šzpp
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
šzp
 šzpw, šzp
 šzpt
 šzp
 šzp
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
šzp
 ḥr šzp
 m šzp
 r šzp
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect šzp.n
 šzpw, šzp
 consecutive šzp.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative šzpt
perfective3 šzp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 šzp.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective šzp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 šzp
 šzpp
 potentialis1 šzp.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive šzp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect šzp.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective šzp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 šzp
 šzp, šzpw5, šzpy5
imperfective šzp, šzpy, šzpw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 šzp, šzpj6, šzpy6
 šzp, šzpw5
prospective šzp, šzptj7
 — šzptj4, šzpt4
  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 šzp  
S
z		 p
O43
sS
p		 O43
O43
O43
p
šzp sšp šzp šzp
Derived terms
  • šzp ꜣwt-jb (“beginning of joy”)
  • šzp ꜣs (“hurry”)
  • šzp jꜣw (“become old”)
  • šzp ꜥḥꜣ r (“attack”)
  • šzp wꜣt (“travel”)
  • šzp wnwt bjnt (“have a bad time”)
  • šzp bjꜣt (“perform a miracle”)
  • šzp fꜣ ṯꜣw (“sail forth”)
  • šzp nmtt (“assent to acts”)
  • šzp kḥkḥ (“become old”)
  • šzp ksw (“crouch”)
Descendants
  • Demotic: šp

Etymology 2

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Noun
O43pA40

 m

  1. statue, religious image, sphinx
Inflection
Declension of šzp (masculine)
singular šzp
dual šzpwj
plural šzpw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šzp  
O42
p		 G7
šzp

Other alternative hieroglyphic writings use a sphinx on a plinth or a sphinx wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt as determinatives.

References
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