stwt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

s- (causative prefix) +‎ twt (“to resemble, to befit”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛtuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: setut

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to reconcile, to make similar or compatible

Inflection

Conjugation of stwt (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: stwt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
stwt	stwtw, stwt	stwtt	stwt	stwt

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	stwt.n	stwtw, stwt	consecutive	stwt.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	stwtt
perfective3	stwt	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	stwt.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	stwt	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	stwtw, stwt, stwty	stwtw, stwt, stwty	potentialis1	stwt.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	stwt	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	stwt.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	stwt	active + .tj1, .tw2	stwt	stwt, stwtw5, stwty5
imperfective	stwt, stwty, stwtw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	stwt, stwtj6, stwty6	stwt, stwtw5
prospective	stwt, stwttj7	—	stwtwtj1 4, stwttj4, stwtt4
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.

Etymology 2

From stj (“to light”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛtuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: setut

Noun

 f pl

1. (plural only) rays (of the sun)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of stwt  

stwt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 12, 330, 345.