smḫ

See also: smh, SMH, smH, and smḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḫm (“to not know”), apparently with metathesis.

Pronunciation

Verb
smx
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 caus. 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to forget

Inflection
Conjugation of smḫ (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: smḫ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
smḫt, smḫ
 smḫw, smḫ
 smḫt
 smḫ
 smḫ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
smḫ
 ḥr smḫ
 m smḫ
 r smḫ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect smḫ.n
 smḫw, smḫ
 consecutive smḫ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative smḫt
perfective3 smḫ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 smḫ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective smḫ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 smḫw, smḫ, smḫy
 smḫw, smḫ, smḫy
 potentialis1 smḫ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive smḫ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect smḫ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective smḫ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 smḫ
 smḫ, smḫw5, smḫy5
imperfective smḫ, smḫy, smḫw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 smḫ, smḫj6, smḫy6
 smḫ, smḫw5
prospective smḫ, smḫtj7
 — smḫwtj1 4, smḫtj4, smḫt4
  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.

Synonyms

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 290.
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