gwš

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡuːʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: gush

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) twisted, bent, askew
2. (transitive) to turn away
3. (transitive) to abandon

Inflection

Conjugation of gwš (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: gwš, geminated stem: gwšš

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
gwš	gwšw, gwš	gwšt	gwš	gwš

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	gwš.n	gwšw, gwš	consecutive	gwš.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	gwšt
perfective3	gwš	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	gwš.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	gwš	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	gwš	gwšš	potentialis1	gwš.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	gwš	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	gwš.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	gwš	active + .tj1, .tw2	gwš	gwš, gwšw5, gwšy5
imperfective	gwš, gwšy, gwšw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	gwš, gwšj6, gwšy6	gwš, gwšw5
prospective	gwš, gwštj7	—	gwštj4, gwšt4
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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.