sgr

See also: Sgr and SGR

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ gr (“to be silent”).

Pronunciation

Verb
sg
r		 A2

 caus. 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to silence

Inflection
Conjugation of sgr (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: sgr
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sgrt, sgr
 sgrw, sgr
 sgrt
 sgr
 sgr
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sgr
 ḥr sgr
 m sgr
 r sgr
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect sgr.n
 sgrw, sgr
 consecutive sgr.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative sgrt
perfective3 sgr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 sgr.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective sgr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 sgrw, sgr, sgry
 sgrw, sgr, sgry
 potentialis1 sgr.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive sgr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect sgr.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective sgr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sgr
 sgr, sgrw5, sgry5
imperfective sgr, sgry, sgrw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sgr, sgrj6, sgry6
 sgr, sgrw5
prospective sgr, sgrtj7
 — sgrwtj1 4, sgrtj4, sgrt4
  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.

Noun
sg
r		 A2

 m

  1. quiet, silence

Inflection
Declension of sgr (masculine)
singular sgr
dual sgrwj
plural sgrw

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 378.
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