twꜣ

Egyptian

3-lit.

(transitive) to physically support, to hold up
(transitive) to support, to help or sustain (the poor)
(transitive) to lift up, to raise (+ r: to (a place))
(intransitive) to be supported (+ ḥr: to be supported by, to lean on (a person or scepter))

Conjugation of twꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: twꜣ, geminated stem: twꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
twꜣ	twꜣw, twꜣ	twꜣt	twꜣ	twꜣ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
twꜣ	ḥr twꜣ	m twꜣ	r twꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	twꜣ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	twꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	twꜣ	twꜣ, twꜣw⁵, twꜣy⁵
imperfective	twꜣ, twꜣy, twꜣw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	twꜣ, twꜣj⁶, twꜣy⁶	twꜣ, twꜣw⁵
prospective	twꜣ, twꜣtj⁷	—	twꜣtj⁴, twꜣt⁴
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.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of twꜣ

twꜣ

3-lit.

Conjugation of twꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: twꜣ, geminated stem: twꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
twꜣ	twꜣw, twꜣ	twꜣt	twꜣ	twꜣ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
twꜣ	ḥr twꜣ	m twꜣ	r twꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	twꜣ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	twꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	twꜣ	twꜣ, twꜣw⁵, twꜣy⁵
imperfective	twꜣ, twꜣy, twꜣw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	twꜣ, twꜣj⁶, twꜣy⁶	twꜣ, twꜣw⁵
prospective	twꜣ, twꜣtj⁷	—	twꜣtj⁴, twꜣt⁴
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.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of twꜣ

twꜣ

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 248.5–248.7, 248.12–250.11
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 294–295
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 174.