wsn

See also: wšn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: wesen

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to fertilize, to procreate [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wsn wsnw, wsn wsnt wsn wsn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wsn ḥr wsn m wsn r wsn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect wsn.n consecutive wsn.jn terminative wsnt perfective3 wsn obligative1 wsn.ḫr imperfective wsn prospective3 wsn potentialis1 wsn.kꜣ subjunctive wsn verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect wsn.n — — perfective wsn wsn wsn, wsnw5, wsny5 imperfective wsn, wsny, wsnw5 wsn, wsnj6, wsny6 wsn, wsnw5 prospective wsn, wsntj7 wsntj4, wsnt4 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 wsn  

wsn

References

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