smnḫ

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ mnḫ (“to be effective”).

Pronunciation

Verb
smn
n		 x
Y1

 caus. 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to make functional or effective

Inflection
Conjugation of smnḫ (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: smnḫ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
smnḫ
 smnḫw, smnḫ
 smnḫt
 smnḫ
 smnḫ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
smnḫ
 ḥr smnḫ
 m smnḫ
 r smnḫ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect smnḫ.n
 smnḫw, smnḫ
 consecutive smnḫ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative smnḫt
perfective3 smnḫ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 smnḫ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective smnḫ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 smnḫw, smnḫ, smnḫy
 smnḫw, smnḫ, smnḫy
 potentialis1 smnḫ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive smnḫ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect smnḫ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective smnḫ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 smnḫ
 smnḫ, smnḫw5, smnḫy5
imperfective smnḫ, smnḫy, smnḫw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 smnḫ, smnḫj6, smnḫy6
 smnḫ, smnḫw5
prospective smnḫ, smnḫtj7
 — smnḫwtj1 4, smnḫtj4, smnḫt4
  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.

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 162.
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