wsj

See also: WSJ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsit/ → /ˈwiːsiʔ/ → /ˈwiːsa/ → /ˈwiːsə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsi/
  • Conventional anglicization: wesi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to saw, to cut [since the Old Kingdom]
2. to trim (+ m) [since the Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Conjugation of wsj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ws, geminated stem: wss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wst, wsj	wsw, ws	wst, wswt, wsyt	ws	ws, wsy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ws8, wss8	ḥr wst, ḥr wsj	m wst, m wsj	r wst, r wsj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ws.n	wsw, ws, wsy	consecutive	ws.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wst, wsyt
perfective3	ws	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ws.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ws, wsy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wsw, ws, wsy	wsw, ws, wsy	potentialis1	ws.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ws, wsy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ws.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wsw1, wsy, ws	active + .tj1, .tw2	ws	wsy, ws
imperfective	wss, wssy, wssw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wss, wssj6, wssy6	wss, wssw5
prospective	wsw1, wsy, ws, wstj7	—	wswtj1 4, wstj4, wst4
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, dual .sn/.snj, 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 forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsj  

wsj	wsj	wsj
[18th dynasty]	[19th/20th dynasty]	[19th/20th dynasty]

Derived terms

• wst
• ws

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲓⲉⲓⲥⲉ (ouieise)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲓⲥⲓ (ouisi), ⲃⲓⲥⲓ (bisi)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲟⲩⲓⲥⲉ (ouise)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲥⲉ (oueise), ⲃⲓⲥⲉ (bise)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 358