sḫt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sht"

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːχat/ → /ˈsaːχaʔ/ → /ˈsaːχa/ → /ˈsoːχə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːχat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːχaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːχa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsoːχə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: sekhet

Noun

 f

1. field, marshland
   • c. 1900 BCE, Tomb of Djehutihotep II at Deir el-Bersha, published in Newberry, Percy E., El Bersheh I: The tomb of Tehuti-Hetep, pl. 20:

     n kꜣ.k jnw n(j) sḫt

     The produce of the field is for your ka.

2. open country, countryside

Inflection

Declension of sḫt (feminine)

singular	sḫt
dual	sḫtj
plural	sḫwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḫt  

sḫt	sḫt

Derived terms

• jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj
• sḫtj
• sḫt-jꜣrw
• sḫt-ḥmꜣt

 

Descendants

• Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲱϣⲓ (šōši)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲱϣⲉ (sōše)
• Coptic Dialect P: ⲥⲱⳋⲉ (sōçe)

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to trap, to snare
2. (transitive) to close (a net)
3. (transitive) to weave

Inflection

Conjugation of sḫt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sḫt, geminated stem: sḫtt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
sḫt	sḫtw, sḫt	sḫtt	sḫt	sḫt

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sḫt.n	sḫtw, sḫt	consecutive	sḫt.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	sḫtt
perfective3	sḫt	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	sḫt.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sḫt	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	sḫt	sḫtt	potentialis1	sḫt.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sḫt	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sḫt.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	sḫt	active + .tj1, .tw2	sḫt	sḫt, sḫtw5, sḫty5
imperfective	sḫt, sḫty, sḫtw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	sḫt, sḫtj6, sḫty6	sḫt, sḫtw5
prospective	sḫt, sḫttj7	—	sḫttj4, sḫtt4
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.

Derived terms

• sḫtj

 

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲱϧⲓ (sōxi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲱϩⲉ (sōhe)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 74, 113.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 84, 125