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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) mighty, to be(come) powerful
Inflection
Conjugation of wsr (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wsr, geminated stem: wsrr
| 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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wsr
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wsrw, wsr
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wsrt
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wsr
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wsr
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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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wsr
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ḥr wsr
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m wsr
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r wsr
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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wsr.n
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consecutive
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wsr.jn
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| terminative
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wsrt
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| perfective3
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wsr
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obligative1
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wsr.ḫr
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| imperfective
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wsr
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| prospective3
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wsr
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potentialis1
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wsr.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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wsr
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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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active
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passive
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| perfect
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wsr.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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wsr
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wsr
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wsr, wsrw5, wsry5
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| imperfective
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wsr, wsry, wsrw5
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wsr, wsrj6, wsry6
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wsr, wsrw5
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| prospective
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wsr, wsrtj7
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wsrtj4, wsrt4
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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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Derived terms
Adjective
- perfective active participle of wsr: mighty, powerful
Inflection
Declension of wsr (perfective active participle)
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masculine
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feminine
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| singular
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wsr
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wsrt
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| dual
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wsrwj
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wsrtj
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| plural
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wsrw
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wsrwt1, wsrt2
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- Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
- 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.
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Derived terms
See under the verb above.
Noun
m
- (usually in the plural) oar
Inflection
Declension of wsr (masculine)
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsr
Derived terms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 360.7–362.9, 364.1–364.4
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 261.
