wšb
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈwaːʃab/ → /ˈwaːʃab/ → /ˈwoːʃəβ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛʃɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: wesheb
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive or intransitive) to answer
- c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 14–17:
- jḫ wšb.k wšd.t(w).k mdw.k n nswt jb.k m-ꜥ.k wšb.k nn njtjt
- Then you can answer when you are addressed, you can speak to the king with your heart in your possession, and you can answer without stammering.
- c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 14–17:
Inflection
Conjugation of wšb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wšb, geminated stem: wšbb
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
wšb | wšbw, wšb | wšbt | wšb | wšb |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
wšb | ḥr wšb | m wšb | r wšb |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | wšb.n | wšbw, wšb | consecutive | wšb.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | wšbt | ||||
perfective3 | wšb | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | wšb.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | wšb | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | wšb | wšbb | potentialis | wšb.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | wšb | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | wšb.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | wšb | active + .tj1, .tw2 | wšb | wšb, wšbw5, wšby5 |
imperfective | wšb, wšby, wšbw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | wšb, wšbj6, wšby6 | wšb, wšbw5 |
prospective | wšb, wšbtj7 | — | wšbtj4, wšbt4 | |
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Descendants
Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ (ouōšb)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 174.