šms

See also: sms, SMS, SMs, and sms'

Egyptian

3-lit. or 4ae inf.

(transitive) to follow
- Stela of Ikhernofret, Berlin 1204:
  
  jw jr.n.j prt ꜥꜣt šms.j nṯr r nmtt.f dj.n.j sqd dpt-nṯr
  I conducted (lit. “did”) the great procession, following the god at his travels, and I caused the god’s boat to sail.

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
šms	šmsw, šms	šmst	šms	šms

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	šms.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	šms	active + .tj¹, .tw²	šms	šms, šmsw⁵, šmsy⁵
imperfective	šms, šmsy, šmsw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	šms, šmsj⁶, šmsy⁶	šms, šmsw⁵
prospective	šms, šmstj⁷	—	šmstj⁴, šmst⁴
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Allen and Loprieno instead consider this a fourth weak verb:

Conjugation of šmsj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: šms, geminated stem: šmss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
šms	šmsw, šmsyw, šms	šmst, šmswt, šmsyt	šms	šms, šmsy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
šms⁸	ḥr šms	m šms	r šms

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	šms.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	šmsw¹, šmsy, šms	active + .tj¹, .tw²	šms	šmsy, šms
imperfective	šmss, šmssy, šmssw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	šmss, šmssj⁶, šmssy⁶	šmss, šmssw⁵
prospective	šmsw¹, šmsy, šms, šmstj⁷	—	šmswtj^{1 4}, šmstj⁴, šmst⁴
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šms

šms

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 178 page 162, 178.

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47

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