wḏꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːcʼaʕ/ → /ˈwaːt͡ʃʼaʕ/ → /ˈwaːt͡ʃʼəʕ/ → /ˈwoːt͡ʃʼəʕ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːcʼaʕ/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːt͡ʃʼaʕ/ (infinitive)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːt͡ʃʼəʕ/ (infinitive)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwoːt͡ʃʼəʕ/ (infinitive)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛd͡ʒɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: wedja

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to judge, to decide
2. (transitive) to separate, to sever

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wḏꜥ wḏꜥw, wḏꜥ wḏꜥt wḏꜥ wḏꜥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wḏꜥ ḥr wḏꜥ m wḏꜥ r wḏꜥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect wḏꜥ.n wḏꜥw, wḏꜥ consecutive wḏꜥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative wḏꜥt perfective3 wḏꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 wḏꜥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective wḏꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 wḏꜥ wḏꜥꜥ potentialis1 wḏꜥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive wḏꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect wḏꜥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective wḏꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 wḏꜥ wḏꜥ, wḏꜥw5, wḏꜥy5 imperfective wḏꜥ, wḏꜥy, wḏꜥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 wḏꜥ, wḏꜥj6, wḏꜥy6 wḏꜥ, wḏꜥw5 prospective wḏꜥ, wḏꜥtj7 — wḏꜥtj4, wḏꜥt4 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 wḏꜥ  

wḏꜥ	wḏꜥ

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲱϫⲉ (ouōōče), ⲟⲩⲱϫⲉ (ouōče)

Proper noun

 m

1. an epithet of the god Set, literally ‘the Judged’, i.e. ‘the Condemned One’

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 191, 276, 309.