šmsw

See also: smsw

Egyptian

Etymology

From šms (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛmsuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: shemsu

Noun

 m

1. follower, retainer
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 174–175, 177–179:

     …

     ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) ꜥq.kw ḥr jtj mz.n.j n.f jnw pn jn.n.j m ẖnw n(j) jw pn […] ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) rdj.kw r šmsw sꜣḥ.kw m štj tpw

     Then I entered before the sovereign and presented him with those gifts (literally, “this getting”) that I had gotten within that island. […] Then I was appointed as a retainer and endowed with two hundred servants (literally, “heads”).

Inflection

Declension of šmsw (masculine)

singular	šmsw
dual	šmswwj
plural	šmsww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šmsw  

šmsw

Noun

 m

1. following, retinue

Inflection

Declension of šmsw (masculine)

singular	šmsw
dual	šmswwj
plural	šmsww

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 113