wps

See also: WPs and WPS

English

Noun

wps

1. plural of wp

Anagrams

• PSW, PWS, PWs, SWP

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛpɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: wepes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to incinerate (evil ones) [New Kingdom, Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wps	wpsw, wps	wpst	wps	wps

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wps.n	wpsw, wps	consecutive	wps.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wpst
perfective3	wps	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wps.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wps	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wps	wpss	potentialis1	wps.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wps	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wps.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wps	active + .tj1, .tw2	wps	wps, wpsw5, wpsy5
imperfective	wps, wpsy, wpsw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wps, wpsj6, wpsy6	wps, wpsw5
prospective	wps, wpstj7	—	wpstj4, wpst4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wps  

wps	wps

Derived terms

• wpst

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN