wš

See also: ws, WS, Ws, ws., w's, .ws, and W's

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) bald
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) empty or devoid
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) full of gaps or holes (and thus destroyed)
  4. (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
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wš
 wšw, wš
 wšt
 wš, j.wš
 wš, j.wš
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wš
 ḥr wš
 m wš
 r wš
suffix conjugation
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
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
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

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
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