mšꜥ

Egyptian
Wooden figures found in the tomb of Mesehti:

of the 11th Dynasty

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. army
  2. footsoldiers
  3. workgang
Inflection
Declension of mšꜥ (masculine)
singular mšꜥ
dual mšꜥwj
plural mšꜥw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mšꜥ  
mšꜥ
Derived terms
Descendants

Noun

 m

  1. campaign, military expedition
Inflection
Declension of mšꜥ (masculine)
singular mšꜥ
dual mšꜥwj
plural mšꜥw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mšꜥ  

mšꜥ mšꜥ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
 

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to march
  2. (intransitive) to campaign
Inflection
Conjugation of mšꜥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mšꜥ, geminated stem: mšꜥꜥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
mšꜥ
 mšꜥw, mšꜥ
 mšꜥt
 mšꜥ
 mšꜥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
mšꜥ
 ḥr mšꜥ
 m mšꜥ
 r mšꜥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect mšꜥ.n
 consecutive mšꜥ.jn
terminative mšꜥt
perfective3 mšꜥ
 obligative mšꜥ.ḫr
imperfective mšꜥ
prospective3 mšꜥ
 potentialis mšꜥ.kꜣ
subjunctive mšꜥ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect mšꜥ.n
 — —
perfective mšꜥ
 mšꜥ
 mšꜥ, mšꜥw5, mšꜥy5
imperfective mšꜥ, mšꜥy, mšꜥw5
 mšꜥ, mšꜥj6, mšꜥy6
 mšꜥ, mšꜥw5
prospective mšꜥ, mšꜥtj7
 mšꜥtj4, mšꜥt4
  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, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mšꜥ  


mšꜥ mšꜥ mšꜥ
Descendants
  • Demotic: mšꜥ
    • Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲟϣⲓ (moši)
    • Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ (mooše)

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 97
  1. Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 39
  2. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 44–45
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