wšn
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See also: wsn
Egyptian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛʃɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: weshen
Verb[edit]
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3-lit.
- (transitive) to wring the neck of (birds) [since the Middle Kingdom]
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 144–146:
- zft.j n.k kꜣw m zj n sḏt wšn.n.j n.k ꜣpdw
- I will slaughter bulls for you as a burnt offering, having wrung the necks of birds for you.
- (transitive, by extension) to sacrifice, to make an offering of (bread, etc.)
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of wšn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wšn, geminated stem: wšnn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
wšn |
wšnw, wšn |
wšnt |
wšn |
wšn |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
wšn |
ḥr wšn |
m wšn |
r wšn |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | wšn.n |
wšnw, wšn |
consecutive | wšn.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | wšnt | ||||
perfective3 | wšn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | wšn.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | wšn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | wšn |
wšnn |
potentialis1 | wšn.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | wšn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | wšn.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | wšn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
wšn |
wšn, wšnw5, wšny5 |
imperfective | wšn, wšny, wšnw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
wšn, wšnj6, wšny6 |
wšn, wšnw5 |
prospective | wšn, wšntj7 |
— | wšntj4, wšnt4 | |
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Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wšn
References[edit]
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 374.6–374.7