wš
See also: ws, WS, Ws, ws., w's, .ws, and W's
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛʃ/
- Conventional anglicization: wesh
Verb
2-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) bald
- (intransitive) to be(come) empty or devoid
- (intransitive) to be(come) full of gaps or holes (and thus destroyed)
- (transitive) to desolate, to lay waste (a place)
Inflection
Conjugation of wš (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: wš, geminated stem: wšš
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
wš | wšw, wš | wšt | wš, j.wš | wš, j.wš |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
wš | ḥr wš | m wš | r wš |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | wš.n | wšw, wš | consecutive | wš.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | wšt | ||||
perfective3 | wš | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | wš.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | wš, j.wš1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | wš | wšš | potentialis | wš.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | wš, j.wš1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | wš.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | wš | active + .tj1, .tw2 | wš | wšš, wššj6, wš2, wšw2 5, wšy2 5 |
imperfective | j.wš1, wš, wšy, wšw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | j.wš1, j.wšw1 5, wš, wšj6, wšy6 | wš, wšw5 |
prospective | wš, wštj7 | — | wštj4, wšt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wš
wš | wš | |||||
abbreviation |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 368.5–368.14
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 70