ꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: ai

Verb

 2ae inf.

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. (intransitive) to lament
   2. (intransitive) to be broken by pain

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜣj (second weak / 2ae inf. / II. inf.) — base stem: ꜣj

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜣj ꜣjw, ꜣj ꜣjt ꜣj, j.ꜣj ꜣj, j.ꜣj ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜣj ḥr ꜣj m ꜣj r ꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ꜣj.n consecutive ꜣj.jn terminative ꜣjt perfective3 ꜣj obligative1 ꜣj.ḫr imperfective ꜣj prospective3 ꜣjw1, ꜣj potentialis1 ꜣj.kꜣ subjunctive ꜣj verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ꜣj.n — — perfective ꜣj ꜣj ꜣj2, ꜣjw2 5, ꜣjy2 5 imperfective ꜣj, ꜣjy, ꜣjw5 ꜣj, ꜣjj6, ꜣjy6 ꜣj, ꜣjw5 prospective ꜣj, ꜣjtj7 ꜣjtj4, ꜣjt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣj  

ꜣjw

References

• Meeks, Dimitri (2010) Dictionnaire égyptien ancien-français, Fascicule 1: ꜣ-ꜣbḏw, Montpellier: Institut d’Égyptologie François Daumas, page 6