swsḫ

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ wsḫ (“to be broad”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛwɛsɛx/
  • Conventional anglicization: sewesekh

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to broaden, to widen

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural swsḫ swsḫw, swsḫ swsḫt swsḫ swsḫ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 swsḫ ḥr swsḫ m swsḫ r swsḫ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect swsḫ.n swsḫw, swsḫ consecutive swsḫ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative swsḫt perfective3 swsḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 swsḫ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective swsḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 swsḫw, swsḫ, swsḫy swsḫw, swsḫ, swsḫy potentialis1 swsḫ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive swsḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect swsḫ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective swsḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 swsḫ swsḫ, swsḫw5, swsḫy5 imperfective swsḫ, swsḫy, swsḫw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 swsḫ, swsḫj6, swsḫy6 swsḫ, swsḫw5 prospective swsḫ, swsḫtj7 — swsḫwtj1 4, swsḫtj4, swsḫt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of swsḫ  

ssḫ	swsḫ
[Old Egyptian]

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 157, 338.