swsḫ

Egyptian

s- (causative prefix) +‎ wsḫ (“to be broad”).

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛwɛsɛx/
- Conventional anglicization: sewesekh

caus. 3-lit.

Conjugation of swsḫ (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: swsḫ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
swsḫ	swsḫw, swsḫ	swsḫt	swsḫ	swsḫ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
swsḫ	ḥr swsḫ	m swsḫ	r swsḫ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	swsḫ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	swsḫ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	swsḫ	swsḫ, swsḫw⁵, swsḫy⁵
imperfective	swsḫ, swsḫy, swsḫw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	swsḫ, swsḫj⁶, swsḫy⁶	swsḫ, swsḫw⁵
prospective	swsḫ, swsḫtj⁷	—	swsḫwtj^{1 4}, swsḫtj⁴, swsḫt⁴
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 swsḫ

ssḫ

swsḫ

[Old Egyptian]

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 157, 338

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