wḏꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛd͡ʒɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: wedja

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) intact, to be(come) sound
   • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) line 1.1:

     wḏꜣ snḏw ḥz mt

     Sound is the respectful one; blessed is the reliable one.

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wḏꜣ	wḏꜣw, wḏꜣ	wḏꜣt	wḏꜣ	wḏꜣ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	wḏꜣ.n	consecutive	wḏꜣ.jn
terminative	wḏꜣt
perfective3	wḏꜣ	obligative1	wḏꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	wḏꜣ
prospective3	wḏꜣ	potentialis1	wḏꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	wḏꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	wḏꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	wḏꜣ	wḏꜣ	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣw5, wḏꜣy5
imperfective	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣy, wḏꜣw5	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣj6, wḏꜣy6	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣw5
prospective	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣtj7	wḏꜣtj4, wḏꜣt4
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.

Derived terms

• wḏꜣt
• swḏꜣ

Noun

 m

1. (uncountable) soundness, prosperity, wellbeing

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣ  

wḏꜣ	wḏꜣ
	abbreviation

Derived terms

• ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛd͡ʒɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: wedja

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to go in procession, to proceed

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wḏꜣ	wḏꜣw, wḏꜣ	wḏꜣt	wḏꜣ	wḏꜣ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	wḏꜣ.n	consecutive	wḏꜣ.jn
terminative	wḏꜣt
perfective3	wḏꜣ	obligative1	wḏꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	wḏꜣ
prospective3	wḏꜣ	potentialis1	wḏꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	wḏꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	wḏꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	wḏꜣ	wḏꜣ	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣw5, wḏꜣy5
imperfective	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣy, wḏꜣw5	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣj6, wḏꜣy6	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣw5
prospective	wḏꜣ, wḏꜣtj7	wḏꜣtj4, wḏꜣt4
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.

Derived terms

• šms wḏꜣ

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 173, 189, 191.