wꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: wai

Verb

 3ae inf. (intransitive)

1. to be(come) distant or far away
2. to be(come) long ago
3. to fall into, to start [with r ‘a condition or state’]

Inflection

Conjugation of wꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: wꜣ, geminated stem: wꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wꜣt, wꜣj wꜣw, wꜣ wꜣt, wꜣwt, wꜣyt wꜣ wꜣ, wꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wꜣ8, wꜣꜣ8 ḥr wꜣt, ḥr wꜣj m wꜣt, m wꜣj r wꜣt, r wꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect wꜣ.n consecutive wꜣ.jn terminative wꜣt, wꜣyt perfective3 wꜣ obligative1 wꜣ.ḫr imperfective wꜣ, wꜣy prospective3 wꜣw, wꜣ, wꜣy potentialis1 wꜣ.kꜣ subjunctive wꜣ, wꜣy verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect wꜣ.n — — perfective wꜣw1, wꜣy, wꜣ wꜣ wꜣy, wꜣ imperfective wꜣꜣ, wꜣꜣy, wꜣꜣw5 wꜣꜣ, wꜣꜣj6, wꜣꜣy6 wꜣꜣ, wꜣꜣw5 prospective wꜣw1, wꜣy, wꜣ, wꜣtj7 wꜣwtj1 4, wꜣtj4, wꜣt4 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.

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 230, 270, 345.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146