Egyptian
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Pronunciation
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m
likeness , image
statue , especially of a man or a god
drawn or painted picture
( rare ) form , shape
Inflection
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Declension of twt (masculine)
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of twt
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Descendants
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Demotic: twtw
Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲟⲩⲱⲧ ( thouōt )
Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲟⲩⲱⲧ ( touōt )
3-lit.
( intransitive , with n , r , or rarely ḥr ) to resemble , to be like or look like
( intransitive , with n , r , or rarely ḥr ) to nearly equal or match up to, to approach (in the figurative sense )
( intransitive , with n ) to befit , to be fitting or proper to
( transitive , rare ) to resemble
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Conjugation of twt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: twt , geminated stem: twtt
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
twt
twtw , twt
twtt
twt
twt
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
twt
ḥr twt
m twt
r twt
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
twt.n
twtw , twt
consecutive
twt.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
twtt
perfective 3
twt
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
twt.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
twt
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
twt
twtt
potentialis1
twt.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
twt
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
twt.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
twt
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
twt
twt , twtw 5 , twty 5
imperfective
twt , twty , twtw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
twt , twtj 6 , twty 6
twt , twtw 5
prospective
twt , twttj 7
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twttj 4 , twtt 4
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.
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of twt
References
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Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1931 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] , volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , pages 255.8–257.18
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN , pages 295–296
James P[eter] Allen (2010 ) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , pages 52, 220, 472 .
Černý, Jaroslav (1976 ) Coptic Etymological Dictionary , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , page 200
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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twt (feminine singular twt , plural twt , equative twted , comparative twtach , superlative twtaf )
neat , tidy , dapper
Synonyms: cymen , taclus
Mae gen i dŷ bach twt . I have a neat little house.
Derived terms
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Mutation
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References
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R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “twt ”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies