šmsw

See also: smsw

Egyptian

Etymology

From šms (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛmsuː/
- Conventional anglicization: shemsu

Noun

m

follower, retainer
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 174–175, 177–179:
  
  …
  
  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

šmsw

Noun

m

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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