wsn

wsn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: wesen

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to fertilize, to procreate [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wsn	wsnw, wsn	wsnt	wsn	wsn

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	wsn.n	consecutive	wsn.jn
terminative	wsnt
perfective3	wsn	obligative	wsn.ḫr
imperfective	wsn
prospective3	wsn	potentialis	wsn.kꜣ
subjunctive	wsn

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	wsn.n	—	—
perfective	wsn	wsn	wsn, wsnw5, wsny5
imperfective	wsn, wsny, wsnw5	wsn, wsnj6, wsny6	wsn, wsnw5
prospective	wsn, wsntj7	wsntj4, wsnt4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsn  

wsn

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN