fꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːʀit/ → /ˈfiːʀiʔ/ → /ˈfiːʔə/ → /ˈfiːʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːʀit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːʀiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːʔə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /fɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: fai

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to carry
2. (transitive) to lift, to raise

Inflection

Conjugation of fꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: fꜣ, geminated stem: fꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural fꜣt, fꜣj fꜣw, fꜣ fꜣt, fꜣwt, fꜣyt fꜣ fꜣ, fꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 fꜣ8, fꜣꜣ8 ḥr fꜣt, ḥr fꜣj m fꜣt, m fꜣj r fꜣt, r fꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect fꜣ.n fꜣw, fꜣ, fꜣy consecutive fꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative fꜣt, fꜣyt perfective3 fꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 fꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective fꜣ, fꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 fꜣw, fꜣ, fꜣy fꜣw, fꜣ, fꜣy potentialis1 fꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive fꜣ, fꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect fꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective fꜣw1, fꜣy, fꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 fꜣ fꜣy, fꜣ imperfective fꜣꜣ, fꜣꜣy, fꜣꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 fꜣꜣ, fꜣꜣj6, fꜣꜣy6 fꜣꜣ, fꜣꜣw5 prospective fꜣw1, fꜣy, fꜣ, fꜣtj7 — fꜣwtj1 4, fꜣtj4, fꜣt4 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 fꜣj  

fꜣj

Derived terms

• fꜣt

Descendants

• Coptic: ϥⲓ (fi)

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 162.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 112