šwj

Egyptian

3ae inf.

(intransitive) to be(come) empty
(intransitive, with m) to be(come) devoid of, free of
- c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 12–13:
  
  jnk šw ⟨m⟩ ḥꜣw
  I am free of exaggeration.

Conjugation of šwj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: šw

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
šwt, šwj	šww, šw	šwt, šwwt, šwyt	šw	šw, šwy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
šw⁸	ḥr šwt, ḥr šwj	m šwt, m šwj	r šwt, r šwj

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	šw.n	—	—
perfective	šww¹, šwy, šw	šw	šwy, šw
imperfective	šw, šwy, šww⁵	šw, šwj⁶, šwy⁶	šw, šww⁵
prospective	šww¹, šwy, šw, šwtj⁷	šwwtj^{1 4}, šwtj⁴, šwt⁴
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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šwj

šwj

3ae inf.

Conjugation of šwj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: šw

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
šwt, šwj	šww, šw	šwt, šwwt, šwyt	šw	šw, šwy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
šw⁸	ḥr šwt, ḥr šwj	m šwt, m šwj	r šwt, r šwj

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	šw.n	—	—
perfective	šww¹, šwy, šw	šw	šwy, šw
imperfective	šw, šwy, šww⁵	šw, šwj⁶, šwy⁶	šw, šww⁵
prospective	šww¹, šwy, šw, šwtj⁷	šwwtj^{1 4}, šwtj⁴, šwt⁴
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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šwj

šwj

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 208 page 148, 208.

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