šmsw

See also: smsw

Egyptian

Etymology

From šms (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

Noun
Smsw

 m

  1. follower, retainer
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 174–175, 177–179:
      aHaa
      n      		 aqqD54kwA1HrZ1I3I3G7
      m&a O35n&A1 n
      f      		 iniN33C
      Z2ss      		 p
      n      		 inin
      n      		 A1mXnn
      nw      		 Wpr
      n      		 N18
      N23 Z1      		 p
      n      		 [[…]]
      aHaa
      n      		 r
      a      		 kwA1rSmsWA1ssAAHD63Y2
      k      		 wA1mtpA1 B1
      Z2      		 V1V1
      ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) ꜥq.kw ḥr jtj mz.n.j n.f jnw pn jn.n.j m ẖnw n(j) jw pn […] ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) rdj.kw r šmsw sꜣḥ.kw m štj tpw
      Then I entered before the sovereign and presented him with those gifts (literally, “this getting”) that I had gotten within that island. […] Then I was appointed as a retainer and endowed with two hundred servants (literally, “heads”).

Inflection
Declension of šmsw (masculine)
singular šmsw
dual šmswwj
plural šmsww

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šmsw  
SmswA1
šmsw

Noun
SmswD54
Z2

 m

  1. following, retinue

Inflection
Declension of šmsw (masculine)
singular šmsw
dual šmswwj
plural šmsww

References
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 113
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