šwj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: shui

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) empty
2. (intransitive, with m) to be(come) devoid of, free of
   • c. 2000–1900 BCE Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 12–13:

     jnk šw ⟨m⟩ ḥꜣw

     I am free of exaggeration.

Inflection

Conjugation of šwj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: šw

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
šwt, šwj	šww, šw	šwt, šwwt, šwyt	šw	šw, šwy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
šw8	ḥr šwt, ḥr šwj	m šwt, m šwj	r šwt, r šwj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	šw.n	consecutive	šw.jn
terminative	šwt, šwyt
perfective3	šw	obligative1	šw.ḫr
imperfective	šw, šwy
prospective3	šww, šw, šwy	potentialis1	šw.kꜣ
subjunctive	šw, šwy

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	šw.n	—	—
perfective	šww1, šwy, šw	šw	šwy, šw
imperfective	šw, šwy, šww5	šw, šwj6, šwy6	šw, šww5
prospective	šww1, šwy, šw, šwtj7	šwwtj1 4, šwtj4, šwt4
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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šwj  

šwj

Related terms

• šw

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) dry, to dry up

Inflection

Conjugation of šwj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: šw

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
šwt, šwj	šww, šw	šwt, šwwt, šwyt	šw	šw, šwy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
šw8	ḥr šwt, ḥr šwj	m šwt, m šwj	r šwt, r šwj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	šw.n	consecutive	šw.jn
terminative	šwt, šwyt
perfective3	šw	obligative1	šw.ḫr
imperfective	šw, šwy
prospective3	šww, šw, šwy	potentialis1	šw.kꜣ
subjunctive	šw, šwy

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	šw.n	—	—
perfective	šww1, šwy, šw	šw	šwy, šw
imperfective	šw, šwy, šww5	šw, šwj6, šwy6	šw, šww5
prospective	šww1, šwy, šw, šwtj7	šwwtj1 4, šwtj4, šwt4
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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šwj  

šwj

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 148, 208.