ptpt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛtpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: petpet

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to trample

   Synonym: tjtj

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ptpt	ptptw, ptpt	ptptt	ptpt	ptpt

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ptpt.n	ptptw, ptpt	consecutive	ptpt.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ptptt
perfective3	ptpt	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ptpt.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ptpt	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ptptw, ptpt	ptptw, ptpt	potentialis1	ptpt.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ptpt	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ptpt.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ptpt	active + .tj1, .tw2	ptpt	ptpt, ptptw5, ptpty5
imperfective	ptpt, ptpty, ptptw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ptpt, ptptj6, ptpty6	ptpt, ptptw5
prospective	ptpt, ptpttj7	—	ptptwtj1 4, ptpttj4, ptptt4
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.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 156.