wsj

See also: WSJ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsit/ → /ˈwiːsiʔ/ → /ˈwiːsa/ → /ˈwiːsə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːsə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsi/
  • Conventional anglicization: wesi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to saw, to cut [since the Old Kingdom]
2. to trim (+ m) [since the Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Conjugation of wsj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ws, geminated stem: wss

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wst, wsj wsw, ws wst, wswt, wsyt ws ws, wsy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ws8, wss8 ḥr wst, ḥr wsj m wst, m wsj r wst, r wsj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ws.n wsw, ws, wsy consecutive ws.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative wst, wsyt perfective3 ws active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ws.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ws, wsy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 wsw, ws, wsy wsw, ws, wsy potentialis1 ws.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ws, wsy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ws.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective wsw1, wsy, ws active + .tj1, .tw2 ws wsy, ws imperfective wss, wssy, wssw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 wss, wssj6, wssy6 wss, wssw5 prospective wsw1, wsy, ws, wstj7 — wswtj1 4, wstj4, wst4 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. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsj  

wsj	wsj	wsj
[18th dynasty]	[19th/20th dynasty]	[19th/20th dynasty]

Derived terms

• wst
• ws

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲓⲉⲓⲥⲉ (ouieise)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲓⲥⲓ (ouisi), ⲃⲓⲥⲓ (bisi)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲟⲩⲓⲥⲉ (ouise)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲥⲉ (oueise), ⲃⲓⲥⲉ (bise)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 358