wḥꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to loosen or untie (cords, bonds, knots, etc.)
    Synonym: sfḫ
  2. (transitive) to remove (the bandage from a wound)
  3. (transitive) to resolve (difficulties), to unravel (problems)
  4. (transitive) to explain, to expound, to clarify
  5. (transitive) to interpret, to explain the meaning of (an incomprehensible word or event)
  6. (transitive) to interpret, to translate (foreign speech)
  7. (transitive) to understand
  8. (transitive) to loosen up (limbs) out of stiffness
  9. (ambitransitive) to heal, to cure
  10. (transitive) to deliver (someone), to set free, to release (+ m or m-ꜥ: from (something bad or evil))
  11. (transitive) to deliver (a woman) in childbirth
  12. (intransitive) to finish up with work, to get off work
  13. (intransitive) to be(come) idle or at leisure, to relax
  14. (intransitive) to return home, especially after a day’s work (+ m: from; r: to (a place))
  15. (transitive) to establish, to build (a building) [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Conjugation of wḥꜥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wḥꜥ, geminated stem: wḥꜥꜥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wḥꜥ
 wḥꜥw, wḥꜥ
 wḥꜥt
 wḥꜥ
 wḥꜥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wḥꜥ
 ḥr wḥꜥ
 m wḥꜥ
 r wḥꜥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect wḥꜥ.n
 wḥꜥw, wḥꜥ
 consecutive wḥꜥ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative wḥꜥt
perfective3 wḥꜥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 wḥꜥ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective wḥꜥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 wḥꜥ
 wḥꜥꜥ
 potentialis1 wḥꜥ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive wḥꜥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect wḥꜥ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective wḥꜥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wḥꜥ
 wḥꜥ, wḥꜥw5, wḥꜥy5
imperfective wḥꜥ, wḥꜥy, wḥꜥw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wḥꜥ, wḥꜥj6, wḥꜥy6
 wḥꜥ, wḥꜥw5
prospective wḥꜥ, wḥꜥtj7
 — wḥꜥtj4, wḥꜥt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 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.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḥꜥ  






wḥjꜥ wḥꜥ wḥꜥ wḥꜥ wḥꜥ wḥꜥ wḥꜥ wḥꜥ
[Pyramid Texts] [Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [Greco-Roman Period]
in hieratic abbreviation

Noun

 m

  1. fisher or fowler (or both) [since the Pyramid Texts]
  2. epithet for the king when making an offering of geese [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of wḥꜥ (masculine)
singular wḥꜥ
dual wḥꜥwj
plural wḥꜥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḥꜥ  



wḥꜥ wḥꜥ wḥꜥ wḥꜥw
[Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom]

Descendants

  • Demotic: wḥj
    • Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲟϩⲓ (ouohi)
    • Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱϩⲉ (ouōhe)

References

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