Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) precise or exact
- (intransitive, of people) to be(come) scrupulous or exact, to be(come) precise in knowing, judging, and acting correctly (+ n: for (someone), + m: in (a place))
- (intransitive) to be(come) correct, the right one
- (intransitive) to be(come) rightful, proper
- (intransitive) to be(come) customary, usual
- (intransitive, of seasons, offerings, festivals) to be(come) regular
Inflection
Conjugation of mtj (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mtj
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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mtj
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mtjw, mtj
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mtjt
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mtj
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mtj
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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mtj
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ḥr mtj
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m mtj
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r mtj
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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mtj.n
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consecutive
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mtj.jn
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| terminative
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mtjt
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| perfective3
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mtj
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obligative1
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mtj.ḫr
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| imperfective
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mtj
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| prospective3
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mtj
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potentialis1
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mtj.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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mtj
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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mtj.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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mtj
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mtj
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mtj, mtjw5, mtjy5
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| imperfective
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mtj, mtjy, mtjw5
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mtj, mtjj6, mtjy6
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mtj, mtjw5
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| prospective
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mtj, mtjtj7
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mtjtj4, mtjt4
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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.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mtj
Descendants
Noun
m
- correctness, exactness, scrupulousness
See under the verb above.
References
- “mtj (lemma ID 400854)”, “mtj (lemma ID 77420)”, and “mtj (lemma ID 77680)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 168.1, 169, 173.1–174.4
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 120
- Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 854
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146