wꜥꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (passive participle): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈwaʕʀVw/ → /ˈwaʕə/ → /waʕ/

Verb
waA
a		 AA2

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to speak evil, to curse or blaspheme (+ ḥr: about, against) [since Middle Kingdom literature]
  2. (transitive) to revile (someone or something) [since the New Kingdom]

Usage notes

Possibly the same word as wꜣ (“to brood, to conspire”).

Inflection
Conjugation of wꜥꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wꜥꜣ, geminated stem: wꜥꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wꜥꜣ
 wꜥꜣw, wꜥꜣ
 wꜥꜣt
 wꜥꜣ
 wꜥꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wꜥꜣ
 ḥr wꜥꜣ
 m wꜥꜣ
 r wꜥꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect wꜥꜣ.n
 wꜥꜣw, wꜥꜣ
 consecutive wꜥꜣ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative wꜥꜣt
perfective3 wꜥꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 wꜥꜣ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective wꜥꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 wꜥꜣ
 wꜥꜣꜣ
 potentialis1 wꜥꜣ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive wꜥꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect wꜥꜣ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective wꜥꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wꜥꜣ
 wꜥꜣ, wꜥꜣw5, wꜥꜣy5
imperfective wꜥꜣ, wꜥꜣy, wꜥꜣw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wꜥꜣ, wꜥꜣj6, wꜥꜣy6
 wꜥꜣ, wꜥꜣw5
prospective wꜥꜣ, wꜥꜣtj7
 — wꜥꜣtj4, wꜥꜣt4
  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 wꜥꜣ  
wAAaA
Y1		 qsA2
WaA
a
Y1		 qsA2nDs
waA
a		 A2
wꜥꜣ wꜥꜣ wꜥꜣ
[Late Egyptian] [Late Egyptian] [Late Period]

Descendants
  • Demotic: wꜥy
    • (From the passive participle:)
    • ⇒ Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁ (oua)
    • ⇒ Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁ (oua)
    • ⇒ Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁ (oua)

References
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