sḫntj

Egyptian
FWOTD – 3 February 2024

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ḫntj (“to go forward or upstream”)

Pronunciation

Verb
sxntn
t

 caus. 4ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to promote, to advance, to cause to be in front
  2. (transitive) to send upstream

Inflection
Conjugation of sḫntj (causative fourth weak / caus. 4ae inf. / caus. IV. inf.) — base stem: sḫnt
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sḫnt
 sḫntw, sḫntyw, sḫnt
 sḫntt, sḫntwt, sḫntyt
 sḫnt
 sḫnt, sḫnty
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sḫnt
 ḥr sḫnt
 m sḫnt
 r sḫnt
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect sḫnt.n
 sḫntw, sḫnt, sḫnty
 consecutive sḫnt.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative sḫntt
perfective3 sḫnt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 sḫnt.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective sḫnt, sḫnty
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 sḫntw, sḫnt, sḫnty
 sḫntw, sḫnt, sḫnty
 potentialis1 sḫnt.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive sḫnt, sḫnty
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect sḫnt.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective sḫntw1, sḫnty, sḫnt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sḫnt
 sḫnty, sḫnt
imperfective sḫnt, sḫnty, sḫntw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sḫnt, sḫntj6, sḫnty6
 sḫnt, sḫntw5
prospective sḫntw1, sḫnty, sḫnt, sḫnttj7
 — sḫntwtj1 4, sḫnttj4, sḫntt4
  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.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sḫntj  
sxntn
t		 fnD
sxntn
t		 fnDY1
sxntn
t		 P1
sḫntj sḫntj sḫntj
in sense ‘to send upstream’

Descendants

Possible descendants:

  • Ancient Greek: ψχέντ (pskhént)

References
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