pgꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛɡɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: pega

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to spread open, to unfold

Inflection

Conjugation of pgꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: pgꜣ, geminated stem: pgꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural pgꜣ pgꜣw, pgꜣ pgꜣt pgꜣ pgꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 pgꜣ ḥr pgꜣ m pgꜣ r pgꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect pgꜣ.n pgꜣw, pgꜣ consecutive pgꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative pgꜣt perfective3 pgꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 pgꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective pgꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 pgꜣ pgꜣꜣ potentialis1 pgꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive pgꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect pgꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective pgꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 pgꜣ pgꜣ, pgꜣw5, pgꜣy5 imperfective pgꜣ, pgꜣy, pgꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 pgꜣ, pgꜣj6, pgꜣy6 pgꜣ, pgꜣw5 prospective pgꜣ, pgꜣtj7 — pgꜣtj4, pgꜣt4 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.

Noun

 m

1. open space, field
2. battlefield

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182.