ṯꜣj

See also: tꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈciʀjit/ → /ˈt͡ʃiʀjiʔ/ → /ˈt͡ʃiːʔə/ → /t͡ʃiːʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈciʀjit/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʀjiʔ/ (infinitive)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːʔə/ (infinitive)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːʔ/ (infinitive)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjai

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to take
2. (transitive) to put on (clothes)

Inflection

Conjugation of ṯꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ṯꜣ, geminated stem: ṯꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ṯꜣt, ṯꜣj ṯꜣw, ṯꜣ ṯꜣt, ṯꜣwt, ṯꜣyt ṯꜣ ṯꜣ, ṯꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ṯꜣ8, ṯꜣꜣ8 ḥr ṯꜣt, ḥr ṯꜣj m ṯꜣt, m ṯꜣj r ṯꜣt, r ṯꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ṯꜣ.n ṯꜣw, ṯꜣ, ṯꜣy consecutive ṯꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ṯꜣt, ṯꜣyt perfective3 ṯꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ṯꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ṯꜣ, ṯꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ṯꜣw, ṯꜣ, ṯꜣy ṯꜣw, ṯꜣ, ṯꜣy potentialis1 ṯꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ṯꜣ, ṯꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ṯꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ṯꜣw1, ṯꜣy, ṯꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 ṯꜣ ṯꜣy, ṯꜣ imperfective ṯꜣꜣ, ṯꜣꜣy, ṯꜣꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ṯꜣꜣ, ṯꜣꜣj6, ṯꜣꜣy6 ṯꜣꜣ, ṯꜣꜣw5 prospective ṯꜣw1, ṯꜣy, ṯꜣ, ṯꜣtj7 — ṯꜣwtj1 4, ṯꜣtj4, ṯꜣt4 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 ṯꜣj  

ṯꜣj

Descendants

• Demotic: ṯꜣy
  • Coptic: ϭⲓ (ci)