ꜥmꜥꜣ

Egyptian

FWOTD – 18 July 2015

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːmɑːʔɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: amaa

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive, with or without r) to throw a throwing stick at
   • Tomb of Senbi, Rock Tombs at Meir:

     ꜥmꜥꜣ r ꜣpdw

     Throwing at the birds.

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜥmꜥꜣ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜥmꜥꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜥmꜥꜣ ꜥmꜥꜣw, ꜥmꜥꜣ ꜥmꜥꜣt ꜥmꜥꜣ ꜥmꜥꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜥmꜥꜣ ḥr ꜥmꜥꜣ m ꜥmꜥꜣ r ꜥmꜥꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ꜥmꜥꜣ.n ꜥmꜥꜣw, ꜥmꜥꜣ consecutive ꜥmꜥꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ꜥmꜥꜣt perfective3 ꜥmꜥꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ꜥmꜥꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ꜥmꜥꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ꜥmꜥꜣw, ꜥmꜥꜣ ꜥmꜥꜣw, ꜥmꜥꜣ potentialis1 ꜥmꜥꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ꜥmꜥꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ꜥmꜥꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ꜥmꜥꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜥmꜥꜣ ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣw5, ꜥmꜥꜣy5 imperfective ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣy, ꜥmꜥꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣj6, ꜥmꜥꜣy6 ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣw5 prospective ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣtj7 — ꜥmꜥꜣwtj1 4, ꜥmꜥꜣtj4, ꜥmꜥꜣt4 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.

Derived terms

• ꜥmꜥꜣt