swꜥb

Egyptian

s- (causative prefix) +‎ wꜥb (“to be clean”).

caus. 3-lit.

Conjugation of swꜥb (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: swꜥb

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
swꜥb	swꜥbw, swꜥb	swꜥbt	swꜥb	swꜥb

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	swꜥb.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	swꜥb	active + .tj¹, .tw²	swꜥb	swꜥb, swꜥbw⁵, swꜥby⁵
imperfective	swꜥb, swꜥby, swꜥbw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	swꜥb, swꜥbj⁶, swꜥby⁶	swꜥb, swꜥbw⁵
prospective	swꜥb, swꜥbtj⁷	—	swꜥbwtj^{1 4}, swꜥbtj⁴, swꜥbt⁴
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.

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 250.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 93