qꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: qai

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) high, to be(come) tall
2. (intransitive) to be(come) exalted
3. (intransitive, of sound) to be(come) loud

Inflection

Conjugation of qꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: qꜣ, geminated stem: qꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
qꜣt, qꜣj	qꜣw, qꜣ	qꜣt, qꜣwt, qꜣyt	qꜣ	qꜣ, qꜣy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
qꜣ8, qꜣꜣ8	ḥr qꜣt, ḥr qꜣj	m qꜣt, m qꜣj	r qꜣt, r qꜣj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	qꜣ.n	consecutive	qꜣ.jn
terminative	qꜣt, qꜣyt
perfective3	qꜣ	obligative1	qꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	qꜣ, qꜣy
prospective3	qꜣw, qꜣ, qꜣy	potentialis1	qꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	qꜣ, qꜣy

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	qꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	qꜣw1, qꜣy, qꜣ	qꜣ	qꜣy, qꜣ
imperfective	qꜣꜣ, qꜣꜣy, qꜣꜣw5	qꜣꜣ, qꜣꜣj6, qꜣꜣy6	qꜣꜣ, qꜣꜣw5
prospective	qꜣw1, qꜣy, qꜣ, qꜣtj7	qꜣwtj1 4, qꜣtj4, qꜣt4
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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

In Old Egyptian this verb was non-geminating:

Conjugation of qꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: qꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
qꜣt, qꜣj	qꜣw, qꜣ	qꜣt, qꜣwt, qꜣyt	qꜣ	qꜣ, qꜣy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
qꜣ8	ḥr qꜣt, ḥr qꜣj	m qꜣt, m qꜣj	r qꜣt, r qꜣj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	qꜣ.n	consecutive	qꜣ.jn
terminative	qꜣt, qꜣyt
perfective3	qꜣ	obligative1	qꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	qꜣ, qꜣy
prospective3	qꜣw, qꜣ, qꜣy	potentialis1	qꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	qꜣ, qꜣy

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	qꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	qꜣw1, qꜣy, qꜣ	qꜣ	qꜣy, qꜣ
imperfective	qꜣ, qꜣy, qꜣw5	qꜣ, qꜣj6, qꜣy6	qꜣ, qꜣw5
prospective	qꜣw1, qꜣy, qꜣ, qꜣtj7	qꜣwtj1 4, qꜣtj4, qꜣt4
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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Derived terms

• sqꜣj
• qꜣꜣ
• qꜣj ḫrw
• qꜣj sꜣ
• qꜣ-ꜥ
• qꜣw
• qꜣ-ḥḏt

 

See also

• 𓀠

References

• Allen, James Peter (1984) The Inflection of the Verb in the Pyramid Texts, Malibu, California: Undena Publications, →ISBN, § 738, page 574
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 55