wšn

See also: wsn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb
wS
n		 H1
D40

 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:
      z
      f      		 t
      T30      		 A24A1n
      k      		 D52E1Z1
      Z2ss      		 mO35nDs
      n      		 Z9tQ7
      wS
      n      		 H1
      a      		 n&A1 n
      k      		 ApdwG38
      Z2ss
      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
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wšn  
wS
n		 G54
wS
n		 G52
W
W		 nwG54
W
S		 n
y		 G54
wšn wšn wšnw wšnj
[Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]

References
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