šw

See also: sw, SW, Sw, sŵ, Sw., and św.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Adjective
SwwnDs
  1. perfective active participle of šwj: empty, devoid, lacking

Inflection
Declension of šw (perfective active participle)
masculine feminine
singular šw
 šwt
dual šwwj
 šwtj
plural šww
 šwwt1, šwt2
  1. Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
  2. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
    In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Proper noun
Sww

 m

  1. the god Shu (literally “Emptiness”), personification of the space between the earth and sky [since the Pyramid Texts]

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šw  
SSww
SSwwA40
SwwA40
SwA40
SwW
SwWnTr
Q37
Q37
šw šw šw šw šw šw šw
[Old Kingdom] [since the Middle Kingdom] [since the Middle Kingdom] [since the Middle Kingdom] [since the New Kingdom] [Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: Σῶς (Sôs)
  • → English: Shu

Noun
Swwarq

 m

  1. blank (sheet or roll of) papyrus [since the Middle Kingdom]
    Swwarq
    Z1    		 wab
     ― šw wꜥb ― clean sheet of papyrus

Inflection
Declension of šw (masculine)
singular šw
dual šwwj
plural šww

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šw  
SwW
W		 arq
Z2
Swarq
šww šw
[New Kingdom] [Late Period]
in hieratic

Noun
SwwnDsA1

 m

  1. destitute or needy person, one who has nothing

Inflection
Declension of šw (masculine)
singular šw
dual šwwj
plural šww

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šw  
Sww
šw
[Late Period]

Noun
SwwN8

 m

  1. light (of the sun or moon) falling on things, light as opposed to shadow; sunlight or moonlight [since the Middle Kingdom]
    irSwwN8
     ― jrj šw ― to produce light
    r
    D37    		 nSwwra
     ― rḏj n šw ― to set in the sun
  2. sun
  3. (figuratively) epithet for the king [since the Amarna Period]

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šw  
Swwra
SwN8
Swra
SwWiiN8
SwwwN8
SwW
W		 ra
šw šw šw šwy šww šww
[New Kingdom] [Late and Greco-Roman Periods] [Late and Greco-Roman Periods]
in hieratic

Noun
SSwwS36

 m

  1. parasol, sunshade [Pyramid Texts and Old Kingdom]
  2. protection [Pyramid Texts and Old Kingdom]

Inflection
Declension of šw (masculine)
singular šw
dual šwwj
plural šww

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šw  
SS36w
SiwS36
šw šjw

See also

References
  • “šw (lemma ID 152710)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • “šw (lemma ID 152700)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • “šw (lemma ID 152680)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • “šw (lemma ID 152750)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • “šw (lemma ID 152770)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 427.20, 428.5–428.12, 429.1–429.4, 430.6–431.12, 432.1–432.5
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 263
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 148–149.
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