wsj

See also: WSJ

Egyptian

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

Verb
wsT30

 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  
wsT30
D40
Z7sAt&T30
V4AAa18
Z1		 iiT30A24
wsj wsj wsj
[18th dynasty] [19th/20th dynasty] [19th/20th dynasty]

Derived terms

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

References
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