swḏ

See also: swD

Egyptian

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

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛwɛd͡ʒ/
- Conventional anglicization: sewedj

caus. 2-lit.

(transitive) to bequeath
- c. 13th Dynasty, Naos of Hori, Kunsthistorisches Museum 186, Vienna:
  
  […] swḏ.ṯn jꜣwt.ṯn n ẖrdw.ṯn mj ḏd.ṯn […]
  [… as] you wish to bequeath your offices to your children, so you should say […]

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	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	—	swḏwtj^{1 4}, swḏtj⁴, swḏt⁴
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of swḏ

swḏ

swꜣḏ

[New Kingdom]

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 250, 257

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