stwt

Egyptian

s- (causative prefix) +‎ twt (“to resemble, to befit”).

caus. 3-lit.

Conjugation of stwt (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: stwt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
stwt	stwtw, stwt	stwtt	stwt	stwt

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	stwt.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	stwt	active + .tj¹, .tw²	stwt	stwt, stwtw⁵, stwty⁵
imperfective	stwt, stwty, stwtw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	stwt, stwtj⁶, stwty⁶	stwt, stwtw⁵
prospective	stwt, stwttj⁷	—	stwtwtj^{1 4}, stwttj⁴, stwtt⁴
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.

From stj (“to light”).

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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of stwt

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James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 330, 345 page 12, 330, 345.

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