wšb

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈwaːʃab/ → /ˈwaːʃab/ → /ˈwoːʃəβ/

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (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.

Inflection
Conjugation of wšb (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wšb, geminated stem: wšbb
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wšb
 wšbw, wšb
 wšbt
 wšb
 wšb
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wšb
 ḥr wšb
 m wšb
 r wšb
suffix conjugation
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
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
  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.

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.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.