smsw

See also: šmsw

Egyptian

sms (“to be old”) +‎ -w.

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɛsuː/
- Conventional anglicization: semesu

Declension of smsw

	masculine	feminine
singular	smsw	smswt
dual	smswwj	smswtj
plural	smsww	smswwt¹, smswt²
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.

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Declension of smsw (masculine)

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 122.

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