ꜥꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʕiʀjit/ → /ˈʕiʀjiʔ/ → /ˈʕiːʔə/

Verb
aA
a		 AY1

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) big
    Synonym: wrr
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) great or important
    Synonym: wrr
    • 12th Dynasty, The Stela of Nakhti, BM EA 143:
      Q1ir
      nb      		 A40DdDdwO49
      t Z1      		 nTraA
      wsjr nb ḏdw nṯr ꜥꜣ […]
      Osiris, Lord of Djedu, the great god […]

Inflection
Conjugation of ꜥꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ꜥꜣ, geminated stem: ꜥꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ꜥꜣt, ꜥꜣj
 ꜥꜣw, ꜥꜣ
 ꜥꜣt, ꜥꜣwt, ꜥꜣyt
 ꜥꜣ
 ꜥꜣ, ꜥꜣy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ꜥꜣ8, ꜥꜣꜣ8
 ḥr ꜥꜣt, ḥr ꜥꜣj
 m ꜥꜣt, m ꜥꜣj
 r ꜥꜣt, r ꜥꜣj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect ꜥꜣ.n
 consecutive ꜥꜣ.jn
terminative ꜥꜣt, ꜥꜣyt
perfective3 ꜥꜣ
 obligative1 ꜥꜣ.ḫr
imperfective ꜥꜣ, ꜥꜣy
prospective3 ꜥꜣw, ꜥꜣ, ꜥꜣy
 potentialis1 ꜥꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive ꜥꜣ, ꜥꜣy
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect ꜥꜣ.n
 — —
perfective ꜥꜣw1, ꜥꜣy, ꜥꜣ
 ꜥꜣ
 ꜥꜣy, ꜥꜣ
imperfective ꜥꜣꜣ, ꜥꜣꜣy, ꜥꜣꜣw5
 ꜥꜣꜣ, ꜥꜣꜣj6, ꜥꜣꜣy6
 ꜥꜣꜣ, ꜥꜣꜣw5
prospective ꜥꜣw1, ꜥꜣy, ꜥꜣ, ꜥꜣtj7
 ꜥꜣwtj1 4, ꜥꜣtj4, ꜥꜣt4
  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.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣj  
O29
ꜥꜣ

Derived terms

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 457.
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