kꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: kai

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to plan, to plot

Inflection

Conjugation of kꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: kꜣ, geminated stem: kꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural kꜣt, kꜣj kꜣw, kꜣ kꜣt, kꜣwt, kꜣyt kꜣ kꜣ, kꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 kꜣ8, kꜣꜣ8 ḥr kꜣt, ḥr kꜣj m kꜣt, m kꜣj r kꜣt, r kꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect kꜣ.n kꜣw, kꜣ, kꜣy consecutive kꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative kꜣt, kꜣyt perfective3 kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 kꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective kꜣ, kꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 kꜣw, kꜣ, kꜣy kꜣw, kꜣ, kꜣy potentialis1 kꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive kꜣ, kꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect kꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective kꜣw1, kꜣy, kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 kꜣ kꜣy, kꜣ imperfective kꜣꜣ, kꜣꜣy, kꜣꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 kꜣꜣ, kꜣꜣj6, kꜣꜣy6 kꜣꜣ, kꜣꜣw5 prospective kꜣw1, kꜣy, kꜣ, kꜣtj7 — kꜣwtj1 4, kꜣtj4, kꜣt4 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.

Derived terms

• kꜣ (“so, then, as a result”)

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 171, 230.