stwt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

s- (causative prefix) +‎ twt (“to resemble, to befit”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛtuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: setut

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to reconcile, to make similar or compatible

Inflection

Conjugation of stwt (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: stwt

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural stwt stwtw, stwt stwtt stwt stwt ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 stwt ḥr stwt m stwt r stwt suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect stwt.n stwtw, stwt consecutive stwt.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative stwtt perfective3 stwt active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 stwt.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective stwt active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 stwtw, stwt, stwty stwtw, stwt, stwty potentialis1 stwt.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive stwt active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect stwt.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective stwt active + .tj1, .tw2 stwt stwt, stwtw5, stwty5 imperfective stwt, stwty, stwtw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 stwt, stwtj6, stwty6 stwt, stwtw5 prospective stwt, stwttj7 — stwtwtj1 4, stwttj4, stwtt4 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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Etymology 2

From stj (“to light”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛtuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: setut

Noun

 f pl

1. (plural only) rays (of the sun)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of stwt  

stwt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 12, 330, 345.