wsr

See also: WSR and wšr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) mighty, to be(come) powerful

Inflection
Conjugation of wsr (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wsr, geminated stem: wsrr
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wsr
 wsrw, wsr
 wsrt
 wsr
 wsr
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wsr
 ḥr wsr
 m wsr
 r wsr
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect wsr.n
 consecutive wsr.jn
terminative wsrt
perfective3 wsr
 obligative wsr.ḫr
imperfective wsr
prospective3 wsr
 potentialis wsr.kꜣ
subjunctive wsr
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect wsr.n
 — —
perfective wsr
 wsr
 wsr, wsrw5, wsry5
imperfective wsr, wsry, wsrw5
 wsr, wsrj6, wsry6
 wsr, wsrw5
prospective wsr, wsrtj7
 wsrtj4, wsrt4
  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.

Derived terms

Adjective

  1. mighty, powerful

Inflection
Declension of wsr (perfective active participle)
masculine feminine
singular wsr
 wsrt
dual wsrwj
 wsrtj
plural wsrw
 wsrwt1, wsrt2
  1. Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
  2. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
    In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Derived terms
  • wsrt

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 261.
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