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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
2-lit.
- (transitive) to command
- 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 3–6:[1]
- wḏ ḥm.f qrs.f rḏj n.f qrst m prwj-ḥḏ (j)dmj ꜥꜣ wrt nṯr
- His Majesty commanded that he be buried, that he be given a burial from the two treasuries and very much fine linen and incense.
- (transitive) to decree
- (transitive) to give over, commend, entrust, or assign (someone or something) (+ n: to (some person or fate))
Inflection
Conjugation of wḏ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: wḏ, geminated stem: wḏḏ
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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wḏ
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wḏw, wḏ
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wḏt
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wḏ, j.wḏ
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wḏ, j.wḏ
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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wḏ
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ḥr wḏ
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m wḏ
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r wḏ
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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wḏ.n
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wḏw, wḏ
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consecutive
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wḏ.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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wḏt
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| perfective3
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wḏ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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wḏ.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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wḏ, j.wḏ1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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wḏ
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wḏḏ
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potentialis1
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wḏ.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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wḏ, j.wḏ1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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wḏ.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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wḏ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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wḏ
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wḏḏ, wḏḏj6, wḏ2, wḏw2 5, wḏy2 5
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| imperfective
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j.wḏ1, wḏ, wḏy, wḏw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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j.wḏ1, j.wḏw1 5, wḏ, wḏj6, wḏy6
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wḏ, wḏw5
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| prospective
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wḏ, wḏtj7
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—
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wḏtj4, wḏt4
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- Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
- Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
- 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.
- Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
- Only in the masculine singular.
- Only in the masculine.
- Only in the feminine.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏ
Derived terms
Noun
m
- command
- decree
Inflection
Declension of wḏ (masculine)
Synonyms
Noun
m
- stela
Inflection
Declension of wḏ (masculine)
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 394.10–395.22
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 36, 171, 231, 299, 313.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 70
- ^ Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99
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