wṯz

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛt͡ʃɛz/
  • Conventional anglicization: wetjez

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to lift up, to carry, to wear

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wṯz	wṯzw, wṯz	wṯzt	wṯz	wṯz

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wṯz.n	wṯzw, wṯz	consecutive	wṯz.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wṯzt
perfective3	wṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wṯz.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wṯz	wṯzz	potentialis1	wṯz.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wṯz.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2	wṯz	wṯz, wṯzw5, wṯzy5
imperfective	wṯz, wṯzy, wṯzw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wṯz, wṯzj6, wṯzy6	wṯz, wṯzw5
prospective	wṯz, wṯztj7	—	wṯztj4, wṯzt4
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.

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to speak out

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wṯz	wṯzw, wṯz	wṯzt	wṯz	wṯz

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wṯz.n	wṯzw, wṯz	consecutive	wṯz.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wṯzt
perfective3	wṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wṯz.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wṯz	wṯzz	potentialis1	wṯz.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wṯz.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wṯz	active + .tj1, .tw2	wṯz	wṯz, wṯzw5, wṯzy5
imperfective	wṯz, wṯzy, wṯzw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wṯz, wṯzj6, wṯzy6	wṯz, wṯzw5
prospective	wṯz, wṯztj7	—	wṯztj4, wṯzt4
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.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 184.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 104