ssꜣj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative ending) +‎ sꜣj (“to be(come) sated”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛsɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sesai

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to sate (+ m: with)

Inflection

Conjugation of ssꜣj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: ssꜣ, geminated stem: ssꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ssꜣt, ssꜣj	ssꜣw, ssꜣ	ssꜣt, ssꜣwt, ssꜣyt	ssꜣ	ssꜣ, ssꜣy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ssꜣ	ḥr ssꜣt, ḥr ssꜣj	m ssꜣt, m ssꜣj	r ssꜣt, r ssꜣj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ssꜣ.n	ssꜣw, ssꜣ, ssꜣy	consecutive	ssꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ssꜣt
perfective3	ssꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ssꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ssꜣ, ssꜣy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ssꜣw, ssꜣ, ssꜣy	ssꜣw, ssꜣ, ssꜣy	potentialis1	ssꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ssꜣ, ssꜣy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ssꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ssꜣw1, ssꜣy, ssꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	ssꜣ	ssꜣy, ssꜣ
imperfective	ssꜣꜣ, ssꜣꜣy, ssꜣꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ssꜣꜣ, ssꜣꜣj6, ssꜣꜣy6	ssꜣꜣ, ssꜣꜣw5
prospective	ssꜣw1, ssꜣy, ssꜣ, ssꜣtj7	—	ssꜣwtj1 4, ssꜣtj4, ssꜣt4
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 forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ssꜣj  

ssꜣj

[New Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 275.1–275.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 245