jṯj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /it͡ʃi/
  • Conventional anglicization: itji

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to take, to seize
2. (transitive) to overcome

Inflection

Conjugation of jṯj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: jṯ, geminated stem: jṯṯ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural jṯt, jṯj jṯw, jṯ jṯt, jṯwt, jṯyt jṯ jṯ, jṯy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 jṯ8, jṯṯ8 ḥr jṯt, ḥr jṯj m jṯt, m jṯj r jṯt, r jṯj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect jṯ.n jṯw, jṯ, jṯy consecutive jṯ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative jṯt, jṯyt perfective3 jṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 jṯ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective jṯ, jṯy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 jṯw, jṯ, jṯy jṯw, jṯ, jṯy potentialis1 jṯ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive jṯ, jṯy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect jṯ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective jṯw1, jṯy, jṯ active + .tj1, .tw2 jṯ jṯy, jṯ imperfective jṯṯ, jṯṯy, jṯṯw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 jṯṯ, jṯṯj6, jṯṯy6 jṯṯ, jṯṯw5 prospective jṯw1, jṯy, jṯ, jṯtj7 — jṯwtj1 4, jṯtj4, jṯt4 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 jṯj  

jṯj	jtj	jtj	jṯj

Synonyms

• ꜣmm
• nḏrj
• ḫfꜥ

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 174, 235, 290, 457.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146