Wiktionary

jz

Egyptian edit

FWOTD – 4 December 2018

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

iizz
pr

 m

  2. tomb (including both walled structures and rock-cut tombs) [Pyramid Texts to Greco-Roman Period]
    Synonyms: ḥrt, ḥꜣt, mꜥḥꜥt
    • 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–9:[1]
      rdiHmf
      [[s]]f
      T      		 W1xwzA34n
      Ba15s f Ba15as

      iizz
       
      inizizizn
      t

      qdA1A1A1
      rḏj ḥm.f [s]fṯ ḫwz n[.f] jz jn jzwt nt (j)qdw
      His Majesty gave pine oil and (ordered) that a tomb be built for him by a gang of builders.
    • 12th Dynasty, coffin of Nakhtankh, British Museum EA 35285:
      q Z1
      r      		 st
      Q6      		 nfrf&r&t miizspr
      f      		 nfrf
      r
      n
       
      qrst nfrt m js.f nfr n ẖrt-nṯr
      […] a good burial in his wonderful tomb of the necropolis […]
    • c. 1859 BCE – 1813 BCE, The Loyalist Teaching (Stele of Sehetepibre/Cairo CG 20538 Verso) line 19:[2]
      D35
      n      		 iizpr Z1
      n      		 sbiA13Hr
      Z1      		 HmZ1
      f      		 iwXA
      t      		 Aa2
      f      		 mq
      H_SPACE      		 T14Y1
      n      		 mw
      nn jz n sbj ḥr ḥm.f jw ẖꜣt.f m qmꜣ n mw
      There is no tomb for a rebel against His Majesty; his corpse is thrown to the water.
  3. (often dual during the Old Kingdom) administrative chamber, bureau
    • c. 1203 BCE – 1189 BCE, Satirical Letter of Hori (pAnastasi I/British Museum EA 10247) lines 1.1–1.2:[3]
      Y4stp
      p      		 WY1&A1 HAt
      t y      		 ibZ1wAHHY1nDnwnDnwA2rZ1A2[[…]]
      HmZ1A1&n nbZ94 Z94 n
      nw W      		 niwtmiizsyHnpr
      n      		 Y4WV12
      Z1
      zẖꜣw stpw ḥꜣtj wꜣḥ nḏnḏ r […] ḥm n(j) nb ḫmnw m jsj n(j) zẖꜣw
      The scribe, choicest of mind and enduring of advice, [is …] a servant of the lord of Hermopolis in the bureau of writings, […]
  4. workshop, especially for the preparation of ointments [since the Old Kingdom; chiefly Greco-Roman Period]
    • 5th Dynasty, late 25th Century BCE, Saqqara, mortuary complex of Unas, mastaba of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, east wall of the rock chamber, south section, top right, scene 30.B, caption in front of Niankhkhnum:[4]
      U2
      ir      		 AAkA
      t      		 A9miizz
      pr
      n      		 N42
      t      		 U25A1nbinpr
      aA      		 sHD
      ir

       
      Xnmnanx
      mꜣꜣ kꜣt m jz n(j) ḥmwt nb(t) jn sḥḏ jr(w)-ꜥnt pr-ꜥꜣ n(j)-ꜥnḫ-ẖnm(w)
      Viewing of the work in the workshop of all craftsmen by the inspector of manicurists of the palace, Niankhkhnum.

Inflection edit

Declension of jz (masculine)
singular jz
dual jzwj
plural jzw

Alternative forms edit

In the sense of ‘tomb’:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jz  
izz
pr
iz
z

 
iizpr Z1
iizspr
iizsy
pr
iizsyHn
pr
iizst
Hn		 pr
izt
pr
Hn
t		 pr
jz jz jz js jsj jsj jst jst jst
[Old Kingdom] [Old Kingdom] [12th Dynasty] [Middle Kingdom] [18th Dynasty] [18th Dynasty] [New Kingdom] [Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]
in hieratic

In the sense of ‘administrative chamber’:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jz  
Hn
pr
iizsHn
pr
izst
pr
jz js jst
[19th Dynasty]
abbreviation

In the sense of ‘workshop’:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jz  
F44t
pr
 
W y
pr
jst jswj
[Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

iHn
z

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) old, used, from bygone times [since the Middle Kingdom]
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) in decline, deteriorating, decaying

Inflection edit

Conjugation of jz (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: jz, geminated stem: jzz
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
jz
 jzw, jz
 jzt
 jz, j.jz
 jz, j.jz
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
jz
 ḥr jz
 m jz
 r jz
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect jz.n
 consecutive jz.jn
terminative jzt
perfective3 jz
 obligative1 jz.ḫr
imperfective jz, j.jz1
prospective3 jz
 potentialis1 jz.kꜣ
subjunctive jz, j.jz1
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect jz.n
 — —
perfective jz
 jz
 jzz, jzzj6, jz2, jzw2 5, jzy2 5
imperfective j.jz1, jz, jzy, jzw5
 j.jz1, j.jzw1 5, jz, jzj6, jzy6
 jz, jzw5
prospective jz, jztj7
 jztj4, jzt4
  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.

Alternative forms edit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jz  
Hn
iHn
z
issw
iizsHn
Y1
iizsy
Hn
jz jz jsw js jsj
[Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom]
abbreviation

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99
  2. ^ H. O. Lange and H. Schäfer (1908) Grab- und Denksteine des Mittleren Reichs im Museum von Kairo, volume II, page 149
  3. ^ Gardiner, Alan (1911) Egyptian Hieratic Texts: Series I: Literary Texts of the New Kingdom: Part I: The Papyrus Anastasi I and the Papyrus Koller, together with the Parallel Texts, page 2
  4. ^ Moussa, Ahmed M. and Altenmüller, Hartwig (1977) Das Grab des Nianchchnum und Chnumhotep (Archäologische Veröffentlichungen 21), Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abt. Kairo, Mainz, page 134 and plate 65

German edit

Adverb edit

jz

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative spelling of jetzt (“now”)
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