ꜥꜥj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit. or 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Middle Kingdom literature]
   1. to wail
   2. to jabber
   3. to be fearful

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 perfect ꜥꜥj.n consecutive ꜥꜥj.jn terminative ꜥꜥjt perfective3 ꜥꜥj obligative1 ꜥꜥj.ḫr imperfective ꜥꜥj prospective3 ꜥꜥj potentialis1 ꜥꜥj.kꜣ subjunctive ꜥꜥj verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles 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 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.

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 perfect ꜥjꜥj.n consecutive ꜥjꜥj.jn terminative ꜥjꜥjt perfective3 ꜥjꜥj obligative1 ꜥjꜥj.ḫr imperfective ꜥjꜥj prospective3 ꜥjꜥjw, ꜥjꜥj potentialis1 ꜥjꜥj.kꜣ subjunctive ꜥjꜥj verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ꜥjꜥj.n — — perfective ꜥjꜥj ꜥjꜥj ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjw5, ꜥjꜥjy5 imperfective ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjy, ꜥjꜥjw5 ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjj6, ꜥjꜥjy6 ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjw5 prospective ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjtj7 ꜥjꜥjwtj1 4, ꜥjꜥjtj4, ꜥjꜥjt4 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.

Related terms

(Possibly:)

• ꜥꜥjw
• ꜥꜥw (“to flutter (of the heart)”)

Noun

 m

1. child [Late Period]

Inflection

Declension of ꜥꜥj (masculine)

singular	ꜥꜥj
dual	ꜥꜥjwj
plural	ꜥꜥjw

References

• “ꜥꜥj (lemma ID 35710)” and “ꜥꜥj (lemma ID 35720)”, 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 (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 169.5–169.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 38
• 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.