gꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɑuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: gau

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) narrow

Inflection

Conjugation of gꜣw (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: gꜣ, geminated stem: gꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural gꜣt, gꜣj gꜣw, gꜣ gꜣt, gꜣwt, gꜣyt gꜣ gꜣ, gꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 gꜣ8, gꜣꜣ8 ḥr gꜣt, ḥr gꜣj m gꜣt, m gꜣj r gꜣt, r gꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect gꜣ.n consecutive gꜣ.jn terminative gꜣt, gꜣyt perfective3 gꜣ obligative1 gꜣ.ḫr imperfective gꜣ, gꜣy prospective3 gꜣw, gꜣ, gꜣy potentialis1 gꜣ.kꜣ subjunctive gꜣ, gꜣy verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect gꜣ.n — — perfective gꜣw1, gꜣy, gꜣ gꜣ gꜣy, gꜣ imperfective gꜣꜣ, gꜣꜣy, gꜣꜣw5 gꜣꜣ, gꜣꜣj6, gꜣꜣy6 gꜣꜣ, gꜣꜣw5 prospective gꜣw1, gꜣy, gꜣ, gꜣtj7 gꜣwtj1 4, gꜣtj4, gꜣt4 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.

Synonyms

• ḥns

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 151.6–152.7