wsḫ

wsḫ

See also: WSH

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsɛx/
  • Conventional anglicization: wesekh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *wsɣ; compare Arabic وَسُعَ‎ (wasuʿa, “to be wide”), Arabic وَسِعَ‎ (wasiʿa, “to be wide”).[1]

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) broad, to be(come) wide

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wsḫ	wsḫw, wsḫ	wsḫt	wsḫ	wsḫ

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

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	wsḫ.n	—	—
perfective	wsḫ	wsḫ	wsḫ, wsḫw5, wsḫy5
imperfective	wsḫ, wsḫy, wsḫw5	wsḫ, wsḫj6, wsḫy6	wsḫ, wsḫw5
prospective	wsḫ, wsḫtj7	wsḫtj4, wsḫt4
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 wsḫ  

wsḫ	wsḫ	wsḫ

Derived terms

• swsḫ

Adjective

1. perfective active participle of wsḫ; broad, wide
2. imperfective active participle of wsḫ; broad, wide

Inflection

Declension of wsḫ (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	wsḫ	wsḫt
dual	wsḫwj	wsḫtj
plural	wsḫw	wsḫwt1, wsḫt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Declension of wsḫ (imperfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	wsḫ, wsḫj, wsḫy	wsḫt
dual	wsḫwj, wsḫjwj, wsḫywj	wsḫtj
plural	wsḫw, wsḫjw, wsḫyw	wsḫwt1, wsḫt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

Noun

 m

1. breadth, width

Inflection

Declension of wsḫ (masculine)

singular	wsḫ
dual	wsḫwj
plural	wsḫw

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

Noun

 m

1. barge

Inflection

Declension of wsḫ (masculine)

singular	wsḫ
dual	wsḫwj
plural	wsḫw

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 125, 135 page 83, 125, 135.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 112

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 35