ꜥꜥj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːʔɑːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: aai

Verb

 3-lit. or 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Middle Kingdom literature]
   1. to wail
   2. to jabber
   3. to be fearful

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜥꜥj (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ꜥꜥj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥjw, ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥjt	ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥj

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ꜥꜥj	ḥr ꜥꜥj	m ꜥꜥj	r ꜥꜥj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	ꜥꜥj.n	consecutive	ꜥꜥj.jn
terminative	ꜥꜥjt
perfective3	ꜥꜥj	obligative1	ꜥꜥj.ḫr
imperfective	ꜥꜥj
prospective3	ꜥꜥj	potentialis1	ꜥꜥj.kꜣ
subjunctive	ꜥꜥj

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	ꜥꜥj.n	—	—
perfective	ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥj	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjw5, ꜥꜥjy5
imperfective	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjy, ꜥꜥjw5	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjj6, ꜥꜥjy6	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjw5
prospective	ꜥꜥj, ꜥꜥjtj7	ꜥꜥjtj4, ꜥꜥjt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

While this is traditionally considered a triliteral verb, Allen instead analyzes it as a quadriliteral reduplicated verb with an unwritten second radical ꜥ(j)ꜥj:

Conjugation of ꜥjꜥj (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜥjꜥj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥjw, ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥjt	ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥj

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ꜥjꜥj	ḥr ꜥjꜥj	m ꜥjꜥj	r ꜥjꜥj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	ꜥjꜥj.n	consecutive	ꜥjꜥj.jn
terminative	ꜥjꜥjt
perfective3	ꜥjꜥj	obligative1	ꜥjꜥj.ḫr
imperfective	ꜥjꜥj
prospective3	ꜥjꜥjw, ꜥjꜥj	potentialis1	ꜥjꜥj.kꜣ
subjunctive	ꜥjꜥj

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	ꜥjꜥj.n	—	—
perfective	ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥj	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjw5, ꜥjꜥjy5
imperfective	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjy, ꜥjꜥjw5	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjj6, ꜥjꜥjy6	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjw5
prospective	ꜥjꜥj, ꜥjꜥjtj7	ꜥjꜥjwtj1 4, ꜥjꜥjtj4, ꜥjꜥjt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Related terms

(Possibly:)

• ꜥꜥjw
• ꜥꜥw (“to flutter (of the heart)”)

Noun

 m

1. child [Late Period]

Inflection

Declension of ꜥꜥj (masculine)

singular	ꜥꜥj
dual	ꜥꜥjwj
plural	ꜥꜥjw

References

• “ꜥꜥj (lemma ID 35710)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
• “ꜥꜥj (lemma ID 35720)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[2], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[3], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 169.5–169.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 38
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 457.