wps

See also: WPs and WPS

English

Noun

wps

1. plural of wp

Anagrams

• PSW, PWS, PWs, SWP

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛpɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: wepes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to incinerate (evil ones) [New Kingdom, Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wps wpsw, wps wpst wps wps ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wps ḥr wps m wps r wps suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect wps.n wpsw, wps consecutive wps.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative wpst perfective3 wps active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 wps.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective wps active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 wps wpss potentialis1 wps.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive wps active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect wps.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective wps active + .tj1, .tw2 wps wps, wpsw5, wpsy5 imperfective wps, wpsy, wpsw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 wps, wpsj6, wpsy6 wps, wpsw5 prospective wps, wpstj7 — wpstj4, wpst4 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 wps  

wps	wps

Derived terms

• wpst

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN