wtṯ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛtɛt͡ʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: wetetj

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to beget

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wtṯ wtṯw, wtṯ wtṯt wtṯ wtṯ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wtṯ ḥr wtṯ m wtṯ r wtṯ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect wtṯ.n wtṯw, wtṯ consecutive wtṯ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative wtṯt perfective3 wtṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 wtṯ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective wtṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 wtṯ wtṯṯ potentialis1 wtṯ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive wtṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect wtṯ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective wtṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 wtṯ wtṯ, wtṯw5, wtṯy5 imperfective wtṯ, wtṯy, wtṯw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 wtṯ, wtṯj6, wtṯy6 wtṯ, wtṯw5 prospective wtṯ, wtṯtj7 — wtṯtj4, wtṯt4 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 wtṯ  

wtṯ	wtt	wtt
		[since the 18th Dynasty]

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 72
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volumes 381.10–382.9, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• Sethe, Kurt, Helck, Wolfgang (1906–1958) Urkunden des ägyptischen Altertums IV: Urkunden der 18. Dynastie, Leipzig/Berlin: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 17.4