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-w

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Egyptian

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Etymology 1

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Possibly derived from a lengthened form of Proto-Afroasiatic *-u (nominative case marker).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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  1. Used to form the masculine plural forms of nouns and adjectives
Usage notes
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The plural is occasionally represented by writing the phonetic or determinative glyph three times, e.g. tꜣw:

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Derived terms
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See also

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Afroasiatic *-u (nominative case marker).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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  1. Forms a-stem masculine nouns from roots.
    ḥfꜣ-ḥfꜣw ((male) snake)
  2. Forms u-stem masculine nouns from roots.
    hrw-hrw(w) (day)
Usage notes
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In good orthography, -w is written with a-stem nouns but left unwritten with u-stem nouns, hence hrww, rꜥw are written hrw, rꜥ.

Etymology 3

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Suffix

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w
  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.

Etymology 4

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Suffix

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w
  1. Forms adverbs from certain adjectives; -ly
  2. Forms prepositional adverbs from certain prepositions.

Etymology 5

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Suffix

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  1. Forms the negatival complement of all verbs except geminate and anomalous verbs.
Usage notes
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Often this ending is entirely omitted.

Etymology 6

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Suffix

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  1. Forms the prospective of all verbs except second geminate, strong bi- and triliteral, and (usually) anomalous verbs.
  2. Forms the prospective passive of all verbs except fourth weak, strong bi- and triliteral, and (usually) anomalous verbs.
  3. Forms the perfect passive of all verbs except second geminate verbs.
Usage notes
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Often this ending is entirely omitted.

Alternative forms
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Etymology 7

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Suffix

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  1. Optionally marks the masculine singular imperfective passive participle, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
  2. Optionally marks the masculine singular imperfective relative form of all verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
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Etymology 8

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Suffix

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  1. Optionally marks the masculine singular perfective passive participle of strong verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
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References

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Mokilese

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Suffix

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-w

  1. Classifier suffix used to form general numerals

Derived terms

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See: Category:Mokilese terms suffixed with -w

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-w

  1. used to form pet names
    Megan + ‎-w → ‎Begw
    Ann + ‎-w → ‎Nanw
    Siân + ‎-w → ‎Sianw

Derived terms

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Category Welsh terms suffixed with -w not found