ꜥwꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːuːɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: auai

Verb

 4ae inf.

1. (transitive) to rob

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜥwꜣj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: ꜥwꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜥwꜣt, ꜥwꜣj ꜥwꜣw, ꜥwꜣyw, ꜥwꜣ ꜥwꜣt, ꜥwꜣwt, ꜥwꜣyt ꜥwꜣ ꜥwꜣ, ꜥwꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜥwꜣ8 ḥr ꜥwꜣt, ḥr ꜥwꜣj m ꜥwꜣt, ḥr ꜥwꜣj r ꜥwꜣt, ḥr ꜥwꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ꜥwꜣ.n ꜥwꜣw, ꜥwꜣ, ꜥwꜣy consecutive ꜥwꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ꜥwꜣt perfective3 ꜥwꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ꜥwꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ꜥwꜣ, ꜥwꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ꜥwꜣw, ꜥwꜣ, ꜥwꜣy ꜥwꜣ potentialis1 ꜥwꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ꜥwꜣ, ꜥwꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ꜥwꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ꜥwꜣw1, ꜥwꜣy, ꜥwꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜥwꜣ ꜥwꜣy, ꜥwꜣ imperfective ꜥwꜣ, ꜥwꜣy, ꜥwꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜥwꜣ, ꜥwꜣj6, ꜥwꜣy6 ꜥwꜣ, ꜥwꜣw5 prospective ꜥwꜣw1, ꜥwꜣy, ꜥwꜣ, ꜥwꜣtj7 — ꜥwꜣwtj1 4, ꜥwꜣtj4, ꜥwꜣt4 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 ꜥwꜣj  

ꜥwꜣj

Derived terms

• ꜥwꜣy
• ꜥwꜣ

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 261.