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Egyptian

Etymology

From s- (causative prefix) +‎ wḏ (to command).

Pronunciation

Verb

swDD
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 caus. 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to bequeath
    • c. 13th Dynasty, Naos of Hori, Kunsthistorisches Museum 186, Vienna:
      swDD
      w
      T
      n
      Z2
      O44t
      Z1
      Z2
      T
      n
      Z2
      n
      X
      r
      d
      Xrd
      Z2
      T
      n
      Z2
      miiD&d T
      n
      Z2
      swḏ.ṯn jꜣwt.ṯn n ẖrdw.ṯn mj ḏd.ṯn
      you wish to bequeath your offices to your children, so you should say

Inflection

Conjugation of swḏ (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: swḏ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
swḏt, swḏ
swḏw, swḏ
swḏt
swḏ
swḏ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
swḏ
ḥr swḏ
m swḏ
r swḏ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect swḏ.n
swḏw, swḏ
consecutive swḏ.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative swḏt
perfective3 swḏ
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 swḏ.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective swḏ
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 swḏw, swḏ, swḏy
swḏw, swḏ, swḏy
potentialis1 swḏ.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive swḏ
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect swḏ.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective swḏ
active + .tj1, .tw2
swḏ
swḏ, swḏw5, swḏy5
imperfective swḏ, swḏy, swḏw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
swḏ, swḏj6, swḏy6
swḏ, swḏw5
prospective swḏ, swḏtj7
swḏwtj1 4, swḏtj4, swḏt4

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

References

  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 250, 257.