smsj

Egyptian

s- (causative prefix) +‎ msj (“to give birth”).

caus. 3ae inf.

Conjugation of smsj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sms, geminated stem: smss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
smst, smsj	smsw, sms	smst, smswt, smsyt	sms	sms, smsy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
sms	ḥr smst, ḥr smsj	m smst, m smsj	r smst, r smsj

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sms.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	smsw¹, smsy, sms	active + .tj¹, .tw²	sms	smsy, sms
imperfective	smss, smssy, smssw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smss, smssj⁶, smssy⁶	smss, smssw⁵
prospective	smsw¹, smsy, sms, smstj⁷	—	smswtj^{1 4}, smstj⁴, smst⁴
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.

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 165.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 108

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