msj

See also: MSJ

Translingual

Symbol

msj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ma.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Ma terms

Egyptian

Etymology

Related to ms (“child”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːsit/ → /ˈmiːsiʔ/ → /ˈmiːsa/ → /ˈmiːsə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːsit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːsiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːsa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːsə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛsi/
  • Conventional anglicization: mesi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to give birth to
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Coffin Texts, version S1P (outer coffin of Nakhti, Louvre E 11981) spell 148, lines 121–122:

     jnk ḥr ms.n ꜣst jry mkt.f m ẖnw swḥt nj ꜣd wj hh n(j) r(ꜣ).ṯn nj pḥ.n wj ḏdt.ṯn r.j

     I am Horus, born of Isis, whose protection was made within the egg: the fiery breath of your mouths will not rage against me, and what you may say against me cannot reach me.

2. (transitive) to form, to create, to produce

Inflection

Conjugation of msj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ms, geminated stem: mss

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural mst, msj msw, ms mst, mswt, msyt ms ms, msy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ms8, mss8 ḥr mst, ḥr msj m mst, m msj r mst, r msj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ms.n msw, ms, msy consecutive ms.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative mst, msyt perfective3 ms active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ms.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ms, msy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 msw, ms, msy msw, ms, msy potentialis1 ms.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ms, msy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ms.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective msw1, msy, ms active + .tj1, .tw2 ms msy, ms imperfective mss, mssy, mssw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 mss, mssj6, mssy6 mss, mssw5 prospective msw1, msy, ms, mstj7 — mswtj1 4, mstj4, mst4 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 msj  

msj	msj	msj	msj	msj	msj
[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[since the Old Kingdom]	[since the Middle Kingdom]		[since the end of the New Kingdom]
usual Old Kingdom form	occasional	rare		in hieratic

Derived terms

• jꜥḥ-ms
• jmn-ms
• ptḥ-ms
• mswt
• rꜥ-ms
• rꜥ-ms-sw
• smsj
• ḏḥwtj-ms
• ḏḏw-ms

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲓⲥⲓ (misi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲓⲥⲓ (misi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲓⲥⲉ (mise)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲙⲓⲥⲉ (mise)
• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲓⲥⲉ (mise)

See also

• 𓁒

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280.