wšn

See also: wsn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb



 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to wring the neck of (birds) [since the Middle Kingdom]
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 144–146:









      zft.j n.k kꜣw m zj n sḏt wšn.n.j n.k ꜣpdw
      I will slaughter bulls for you as a burnt offering, having wrung the necks of birds for you.
  2. (transitive, by extension) to sacrifice, to make an offering of (bread, etc.)

Inflection

Conjugation of wšn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wšn, geminated stem: wšnn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wšn
wšnw, wšn
wšnt
wšn
wšn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wšn
ḥr wšn
m wšn
r wšn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect wšn.n
wšnw, wšn
consecutive wšn.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative wšnt
perfective3 wšn
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 wšn.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective wšn
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 wšn
wšnn
potentialis1 wšn.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive wšn
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect wšn.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective wšn
active + .tj1, .tw2
wšn
wšn, wšnw5, wšny5
imperfective wšn, wšny, wšnw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
wšn, wšnj6, wšny6
wšn, wšnw5
prospective wšn, wšntj7
wšntj4, wšnt4

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

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