ꜥꜥj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːʔɑːi/
- Conventional anglicization: aai

Verb

3-lit. or 4-lit.

(intransitive) to wail

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜥꜥj (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ꜥꜥj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥjw, ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥjt	ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥj

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
aspect / mood	active	aspect / mood	active
perfect	ꜥꜥj.n	consecutive	ꜥꜥj.jn
terminative	ꜥꜥjt	consecutive	ꜥꜥj.jn
perfective³	ꜥꜥj	obligative¹	ꜥꜥj.ḫr
imperfective	ꜥꜥj	obligative¹	ꜥꜥj.ḫr
prospective³	ꜥꜥj	potentialis¹	ꜥꜥj.kꜣ
subjunctive	ꜥꜥj	potentialis¹	ꜥꜥj.kꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	ꜥꜥj.n	—	—
perfective	ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjw⁵, ꜥꜥjy⁵
imperfective	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjy, ꜥꜥjw⁵	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjj⁶, ꜥꜥjy⁶	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjw⁵
prospective	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjtj⁷	ꜥꜥjtj⁴, ꜥꜥjt⁴
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.

While this is traditionally considered a triliteral verb, Allen instead analyzes it as a quadriliteral reduplicated verb with an unwritten second radical ꜥ(j)ꜥj:

Conjugation of ꜥjꜥj (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜥjꜥj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥjw, ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥjt	ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥj

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
aspect / mood	active	aspect / mood	active
perfect	ꜥjꜥj.n	consecutive	ꜥjꜥj.jn
terminative	ꜥjꜥjt	consecutive	ꜥjꜥj.jn
perfective³	ꜥjꜥj	obligative¹	ꜥjꜥj.ḫr
imperfective	ꜥjꜥj	obligative¹	ꜥjꜥj.ḫr
prospective³	ꜥjꜥjw, ꜥjꜥj	potentialis¹	ꜥjꜥj.kꜣ
subjunctive	ꜥjꜥj	potentialis¹	ꜥjꜥj.kꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	ꜥjꜥj.n	—	—
perfective	ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjw⁵, ꜥjꜥjy⁵
imperfective	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjy, ꜥjꜥjw⁵	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjj⁶, ꜥjꜥjy⁶	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjw⁵
prospective	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjtj⁷	ꜥjꜥjwtj^{1 4}, ꜥjꜥjtj⁴, ꜥjꜥjt⁴
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.

Related terms

(Possibly:)

ꜥꜥw (“to flutter (of the heart)”)

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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