Egyptian
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Etymology 1
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-t (“feminine ending”) + -j (“dual ending”).
Pronunciation
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- Used to form the feminine dual forms of nouns and adjectives
Usage notes
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The dual is sometimes represented by writing the phonetic or determinative glyph two times.
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of -tj
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
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- Used to form the (stem of the) prospective participle.
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of -tj
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-t
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-tj
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-t
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-tj
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-wtj
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in the plural
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in the plural
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Old Egyptian form for final-weak verbs, causatives, and verbs with more than 3 radicals
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References
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- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 332.
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 60