smꜣwj

Egyptian

s- (causative prefix) +‎ mꜣwj (“to be(come) new”).

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɑuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: semaui

caus. 4ae inf.

Conjugation of smꜣwj (causative fourth weak / caus. 4ae inf. / caus. IV. inf.) — base stem: smꜣw

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
smꜣw	smꜣww, smꜣwyw, smꜣw	smꜣwt, smꜣwwt, smꜣwyt	smꜣw	smꜣw, smꜣwy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
smꜣw	ḥr smꜣw	m smꜣw	r smꜣw

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smꜣw.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	smꜣww¹, smꜣwy, smꜣw	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smꜣw	smꜣwy, smꜣw
imperfective	smꜣw, smꜣwy, smꜣww⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smꜣw, smꜣwj⁶, smꜣwy⁶	smꜣw, smꜣww⁵
prospective	smꜣww¹, smꜣwy, smꜣw, smꜣwtj⁷	—	smꜣwwtj^{1 4}, smꜣwtj⁴, smꜣwt⁴
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smꜣwj

smꜣwj

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 295 page 164, 295.

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