wsḫ

See also: WSH

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sometimes hypothesized to be from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *wsɣ; compare Arabic وَسُعَ (wasuʕa, “to be wide”), Arabic وَسِعَ (wasiʕa, “to be wide”).[1]

Verb
wsx
W10

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) broad, to be(come) wide
  2. (intransitive, of movements) to be(come) extensive, wide-ranging
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) abundant, extensive, rich (+ m: in)
  4. (intransitive, of names) to be(come) renowned, widely known, famous
  5. (intransitive, impersonal, with n) to have space for (someone)
Inflection
Conjugation of wsḫ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wsḫ, geminated stem: wsḫḫ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wsḫ
 wsḫw, wsḫ
 wsḫt
 wsḫ
 wsḫ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wsḫ
 ḥr wsḫ
 m wsḫ
 r wsḫ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect wsḫ.n
 consecutive wsḫ.jn
terminative wsḫt
perfective3 wsḫ
 obligative1 wsḫ.ḫr
imperfective wsḫ
prospective3 wsḫ
 potentialis1 wsḫ.kꜣ
subjunctive wsḫ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect wsḫ.n
 — —
perfective wsḫ
 wsḫ
 wsḫ, wsḫw5, wsḫy5
imperfective wsḫ, wsḫy, wsḫw5
 wsḫ, wsḫj6, wsḫy6
 wsḫ, wsḫw5
prospective wsḫ, wsḫtj7
 wsḫtj4, wsḫt4
  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 wsḫ  
W10
W10
Y1
wz
x		 W10
Y1
wz
x W10
Wsx W10
Y1
wsḫ wsḫ wsḫ wsḫ wsḫ
[Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [since the Middle Kingdom] [since the Middle Kingdom] [Greco-Roman Period]
abbreviation abbreviation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: wsh̭, wsš
    • Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱϣⲥ̄ (ouōšs̄)

Adjective
wsx
W10
  1. perfective active participle of wsḫ; broad, wide
  2. imperfective active participle of wsḫ; broad, wide
Inflection
Declension of wsḫ (perfective active participle)
masculine feminine
singular wsḫ
 wsḫt
dual wsḫwj
 wsḫtj
plural wsḫw
 wsḫwt1, wsḫt2
  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.
Declension of wsḫ (imperfective active participle)
masculine feminine
singular wsḫ, wsḫj, wsḫy
 wsḫt
dual wsḫwj, wsḫjwj, wsḫywj
 wsḫtj
plural wsḫw, wsḫjw, wsḫyw
 wsḫwt1, wsḫt2
  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.
Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

Noun
wsx
W10

 m

  1. breadth, width
Inflection
Declension of wsḫ (masculine)
singular wsḫ
dual wsḫwj
plural wsḫw
Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

Noun
wsx
W10		 S11

 m

  1. broad collar or necklace [since the Middle Kingdom]
Inflection
Declension of wsḫ (masculine)
singular wsḫ
dual wsḫwj
plural wsḫw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsḫ  
wsx
W10
wsx
S11
S11
W10
wsḫ wsḫ wsḫ wsḫ
abbreviation abbreviation

Noun
wsx
W10		 P1

 m

  1. barge
Inflection
Declension of wsḫ (masculine)
singular wsḫ
dual wsḫwj
plural wsḫw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsḫ  
wz
x		 P1
wsḫ

References
  • “wsḫ (lemma ID 49800)”, 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
  • “wsḫ (lemma ID 49820)”, 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
  • “wsḫ (lemma ID 49840)”, 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 (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 364.11–365.12, 365.16–366.2
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 69
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 83, 125, 135.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 112
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 35
  2. Alternatively, taking
    m
    as imperative (j)m: ‘…the place of the calm man is broad. Don’t speak!’ The first clause can also be interpreted in two different ways. If
    n
    represents the preposition n, then ‘The tent is open to the quiet man’; but if it represents the genitival adjective n(j), then ‘The tent of the quiet man is open’. The first interpretation is more appealing semantically, but the second is favored by parallelism with the following clause.
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