wꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf. (intransitive)

  1. to be(come) distant or far away
  2. to be(come) long ago
  3. to fall into, to start [with r ‘a condition or state’]

Inflection

Conjugation of wꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: wꜣ, geminated stem: wꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wꜣt, wꜣj
wꜣw, wꜣ
wꜣt, wꜣwt, wꜣyt
wꜣ
wꜣ, wꜣy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wꜣ8, wꜣꜣ8
ḥr wꜣt, ḥr wꜣj
m wꜣt, m wꜣj
r wꜣt, r wꜣj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect wꜣ.n
consecutive wꜣ.jn
terminative wꜣt, wꜣyt
perfective3 wꜣ
obligative1 wꜣ.ḫr
imperfective wꜣ, wꜣy
prospective3 wꜣw, wꜣ, wꜣy
potentialis1 wꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive wꜣ, wꜣy
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect wꜣ.n
perfective wꜣw1, wꜣy, wꜣ
wꜣ
wꜣy, wꜣ
imperfective wꜣꜣ, wꜣꜣy, wꜣꜣw5
wꜣꜣ, wꜣꜣj6, wꜣꜣy6
wꜣꜣ, wꜣꜣw5
prospective wꜣw1, wꜣy, wꜣ, wꜣtj7
wꜣwtj1 4, wꜣtj4, wꜣt4

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.

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 230, 270, 345.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146