mj

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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Compare with Hebrew מי ().

Pronoun

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mD38

 interrogative enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. who?, what?; a general interrogative pronoun for people and things
Usage notes
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This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:

  • When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
  • In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
  • When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
  • When it follows an imperative, it indicates the subject or the object of the verb.
  • When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
  • When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.
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Etymology 2

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Possibly to be identified with the proclitic particle m (see, behold).

Particle

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mD38

 enclitic

  1. (following a verb in the imperative) strengthens an imperative; please, now
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Etymology 3

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Preposition

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mii
  1. like, just as
  2. in accordance with
  3. as well as
Usage notes
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When the object is a personal pronoun, mj is not used; instead, one of its derivatives mjtj and mjtw is used with a suffix pronoun.

Inflection
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Etymology 4

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Verb

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miD54
  1. imperative of jj (to come)
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Descendants
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  • Demotic: jmj
    • Coptic: ⲁⲙⲟⲩ (amou) (masculine singular), ⲁⲙⲏ (amē) (feminine singular), ⲁⲙⲱⲓ- (amōi-) (masculine plural), ⲁⲙⲏⲓ- (amēi-), ⲁⲙⲏⲉⲓ- (amēei-) (feminine plural)

References

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  1. ^ Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 283