bꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to be damp [Medical Papyri]

Inflection
Conjugation of bꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: bꜣ, geminated stem: bꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
bꜣt, bꜣj
 bꜣw, bꜣ
 bꜣt, bꜣwt, bꜣyt
 bꜣ
 bꜣ, bꜣy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
bꜣ8, bꜣꜣ8
 ḥr bꜣt, ḥr bꜣj
 m bꜣt, m bꜣj
 r bꜣt, r bꜣj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect bꜣ.n
 consecutive bꜣ.jn
terminative bꜣt, bꜣyt
perfective3 bꜣ
 obligative bꜣ.ḫr
imperfective bꜣ, bꜣy
prospective3 bꜣw, bꜣ, bꜣy
 potentialis bꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive bꜣ, bꜣy
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect bꜣ.n
 — —
perfective bꜣw1, bꜣy, bꜣ
 bꜣ
 bꜣy, bꜣ
imperfective bꜣꜣ, bꜣꜣy, bꜣꜣw5
 bꜣꜣ, bꜣꜣj6, bꜣꜣy6
 bꜣꜣ, bꜣꜣw5
prospective bꜣw1, bꜣy, bꜣ, bꜣtj7
 bꜣwtj1 4, bꜣtj4, bꜣt4
  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, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 417.11–417.12
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 77
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