wꜣg

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑɡ/
  • Conventional anglicization: wag

Verb

 3-lit. or 4ae inf.

1. (intransitive, hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. to shout for joy, to celebrate

Usage notes

Allen considers this a fourth-weak verb wꜣgj, while the TLA treats it as strong triliteral.

Proper noun

 m

1. the Wag-festival, a festival honoring the dead and Osiris, celebrated on the 17th, 18th, or 19th day of the month of Thoth [Pyramid Texts to 26th Dynasty]
   • c. 5th Dynasty, 2454-2311 BCE, Lintel of Enseperi (Cleveland 1920.1993), main inscription:

     
     
     
     
     

     ḥtp ḏj nswt jnpw ḫnt(j) qrst z(my)t
     jmntt nb-(j)mꜣḫ ḫr nṯr-ꜥꜣ prt-ḫrw
     ḏḥwtt wꜣg sꜣḏ prt-mnw
     ꜣbd smdt tp(j)-rnpt wp rnpt rkḥ wꜣḫ ꜥḥ
     rḫ-nswt jmj-r-st nj-spr(.j)

     A royal offering of Anubis, the Foremost: a burial in the
     western desert (for) the possessor of reverence before the elder god, and an invocation offering
     (on) the festival of Thoth, the wag-festival, the sadj-festival, the procession of Min,
     the monthly festival, the half-monthly festival, the first of the year, the opening of the year, and the burning festival of setting up the brazier
     (for) the acquaintance of the king, the overseer of the storehouse, Enseperi.

   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 8–9:

     drp n.f nbw nb sḫꜣw m pt m tꜣ ꜥšꜣ hy m wꜣg jrrw n.f jhhy jn tꜣwj m bw wꜥ

     the one to whom all make offerings, the possessor of remembrance in the sky and on the earth, numerous of cries of joy at the wag-festival, for whom jubilation is made by the Two Lands (Egypt) as one.

Inflection

Declension of wꜣg (masculine)

singular	wꜣg
dual	wꜣgwj
plural	wꜣgw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣg  

wꜣg	wꜣg
[Old Kingdom]

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 138
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 262.18, 263.1–263.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 55
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 458.