wsr

See also: WSR and wšr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: weser

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) mighty, to be(come) powerful

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wsr	wsrw, wsr	wsrt	wsr	wsr

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

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	wsr.n	—	—
perfective	wsr	wsr	wsr, wsrw5, wsry5
imperfective	wsr, wsry, wsrw5	wsr, wsrj6, wsry6	wsr, wsrw5
prospective	wsr, wsrtj7	wsrtj4, wsrt4
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

• wsrw
• wsr-mnṯw
• wsr-kꜣ.f
• wsr-kꜣ-rꜥ
• wsrt
• mnṯw-wsr
• n-wsr-rꜥ

 

Adjective

1. perfective active participle of wsr: mighty, powerful

Inflection

Declension of wsr (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	wsr	wsrt
dual	wsrwj	wsrtj
plural	wsrw	wsrwt1, wsrt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Derived terms

See under the verb above.

Noun

 m

1. (usually in the plural) oar

Inflection

Declension of wsr (masculine)

singular	wsr
dual	wsrwj
plural	wsrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsr  

wsrw

[Late Egyptian]

Derived terms

• ḥmw wsrw
• jḥ wsrw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 360.7–362.9, 364.1–364.4
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 261.