sšd

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛʃɛd/
  • Conventional anglicization: seshed

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

1. lightning bolt, thunderbolt [New Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of sšd (masculine)

singular	sšd
dual	sšdwj
plural	sšdw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sšd  

sšd	sšd	sšdw

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive, of stars, lightning, etc.) to flash [New Kingdom]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
sšd	sšdw, sšd	sšdt	sšd	sšd

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	sšd.n	consecutive	sšd.jn
terminative	sšdt
perfective3	sšd	obligative1	sšd.ḫr
imperfective	sšd
prospective3	sšd	potentialis1	sšd.kꜣ
subjunctive	sšd

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	sšd.n	—	—
perfective	sšd	sšd	sšd, sšdw5, sšdy5
imperfective	sšd, sšdy, sšdw5	sšd, sšdj6, sšdy6	sšd, sšdw5
prospective	sšd, sšdtj7	sšdtj4, sšdt4
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 sšd  

sšd	sšd

Etymology 2

Noun

 m

1. bandage for wrapping mummies and cultic images; mummy wrappings [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. medical bandage, bandage for wounds
3. strip of linen upon which words are to be written in hope of bringing about their efficacy, for example words of magic spells or New Year’s wishes
4. fillet, headband, typically with two feathers attached [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of sšd (masculine)

singular	sšd
dual	sšdwj
plural	sšdw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sšd  

sšd	sšd	sšt
[Old Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to adorn with a fillet (+ m: to adorn with, to tie on (an adornment)) [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
sšd	sšdw, sšd	sšdt	sšd	sšd

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sšd.n	sšdw, sšd	consecutive	sšd.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	sšdt
perfective3	sšd	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	sšd.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	sšd	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	sšd	sšdd	potentialis1	sšd.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	sšd	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sšd.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	sšd	active + .tj1, .tw2	sšd	sšd, sšdw5, sšdy5
imperfective	sšd, sšdy, sšdw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	sšd, sšdj6, sšdy6	sšd, sšdw5
prospective	sšd, sšdtj7	—	sšdtj4, sšdt4
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 sšd  

sšd

[Old Kingdom]

Etymology 3

Noun

 m

1. (Late Egyptian) window
2. (Late Egyptian) particularly, the magnificent window of the royal palace where the king makes public appearances

Inflection

Declension of sšd (masculine)

singular	sšd
dual	sšdwj
plural	sšdw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sšd  

sšd

Descendants

• Demotic: ššṱ, ššt, ššte, sšṱ
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ϣⲱϣⲧ (šōšt)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲟⲩϣⲧ (šoušt)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲟⲩϣⲧ (šoušt)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲟⲩϣⲧ̄ (šoušt̄), ϣⲱϣⲧ (šōšt)

References

• “sšd (lemma ID 145830)”, “sšd (lemma ID 145840)”, “sšd (lemma ID 145860)”, “sšd (lemma ID 145870)”, and “sšd (lemma ID 145880)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 300.7–300.12, 301.3–301.10, 301.12–302.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 249