šw

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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

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šw  
SSww
SSwwA40
SwwA40
SwA40
SwW
SwWnTr
Q37
Q37
šw šw šw šw šw šw šw

Descendants

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

Noun

Swwarq

 m

  1. blank (sheet or roll of) papyrus
    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
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

Noun

SwwN8

 m

  1. light (of the sun or moon) falling on things, light as opposed to shadow; sunlight or moonlight
    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

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šw  
Swwra
SwN8
Swra
SwWiiN8
SwwwN8
SwW
W		 ra
šw šw šw šwy šww šww
in hieratic

Noun

SSwwS36

 m

  1. parasol, sunshade
  2. protection

Inflection

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

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šw  
SS36w
SiwS36
šw šjw

Related terms

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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