jj
EgyptianEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈjiːjit/ → /ˈjiːjiʔ/ → /ˈʔiːʔəʔ/ → /ʔiːʔ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iʔi/
- Conventional anglicization: ii
VerbEdit
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anom.
- (intransitive) to arrive, to come to a certain place
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 119–121:
- jw dpt r jjt m ẖnw sqdw jm.s rḫ.n.k
- A boat is to come from home with sailors in it whom you know.
- (intransitive) to come here, to move from further to nearby
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 60–62:
- kf.n.j ḥr.j gm.n.j ḥfꜣw pw jw.f m jjt
- When I uncovered my face, I found it was a snake. He was coming!
- (intransitive) to return, to come back
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 7–8:
- jzwt.n jj.t(j) ꜥd.t(j) nn nhw n mšꜥ.n
- Our crew has returned intact, without loss to our expedition.
Usage notesEdit
By Middle Egyptian, this verb and its synonym jwj were apparently conflated into one, with some inflections of the verb using one stem and some using the other.
InflectionEdit
Conjugation of jj (anomalous / anom.) — base stem: j, jj, jw, geminated stem: jw, jww
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
jt, jjt, jwt |
jw |
jwt |
mj, jj, jw |
mj, my, jj, jw |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
jj5, jw5 |
ḥr jt, ḥr jjt, ḥr jwt |
m jt, m jjt, m jwt |
r jt, r jjt, r jwt |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | jj.n, jw.n |
consecutive | jw.jn, jj.jn |
terminative | jt, jyt, jjt, jwt | ||
perfective3 | jw, jj |
obligative1 | jw.ḫr |
imperfective | jw, jj, jy | ||
prospective3 | jw, jwy |
potentialis1 | jw.kꜣ |
subjunctive | jwt |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | j.n, jj.n |
— | — |
perfective | j |
jj, jy |
— |
imperfective | jw, jww, jyw |
jwy |
— |
prospective | — |
jwtj4, jwt4 | |
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Alternative formsEdit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jj
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jj | jj |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Coptic: ⲓ (i)
ReferencesEdit
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 37.1–37.36
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 10
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 455 page 159, 455.
MalteseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): (to one person) /ˈjɛk ˈjɔːd͡ʒ.bɔk/, (to many) /ˈjɛk jɔˈd͡ʒɔp.kɔm/
- IPA(key): (to one person) /ˈjɛk ˈjɔˤːd͡ʒ.bɔk/, (to many) /ˈjɛk jɔˤːˈd͡ʒɔp.kɔm/ (archaic)
InterjectionEdit
jj