grg
See also: GRG
Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun:
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈkʼalkʼuw/ → /ˈkʼalkʼuw/ → /ˈkʼalkʼəʔ/ → /ˈkʼalkʼ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɡɛrɛɡ/
- Conventional anglicization: gereg
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to set in order or prepare (the earth by working it)
- (transitive) to set up, to found, to construct
- 17th Dynasty, The Autobiography of Admiral Ahmose: Part I:[1]
- ḫr m ḫt grg.n.j pr […]
- Then later, I set up the household […]
- 17th Dynasty, The Autobiography of Admiral Ahmose: Part I:[1]
- (transitive) to furnish, to equip
Inflection
Conjugation of grg (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: grg, geminated stem: grgg
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
grg | grgw, grg | grgt | grg | grg |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
grg | ḥr grg | m grg | r grg |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | grg.n | grgw, grg | consecutive | grg.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | grgt | ||||
perfective3 | grg | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | grg.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | grg | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | grg | grgg | potentialis1 | grg.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | grg | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | grg.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | grg | active + .tj1, .tw2 | grg | grg, grgw5, grgy5 |
imperfective | grg, grgy, grgw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | grg, grgj6, grgy6 | grg, grgw5 |
prospective | grg, grgtj7 | — | grgtj4, grgt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of grg
grg |
Derived terms
- grgt
Noun
m
- lie, falsehood [since the end of the Old Kingdom]
- c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus, column 6, line 24:[2]
- nj rḫ.n.tw mꜣꜥt r grg
- One cannot distinguish truth from falsehood.
- c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus, column 6, line 24:[2]
- unjust, unfair, or wrong way of thinking
- injustice
Inflection
Declension of grg (masculine)
singular | grg |
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dual | grgwj |
plural | grgw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of grg
grg | gng | grg | grk | grg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[Middle Kingdom] | [Middle Kingdom] | [New Kingdom] | [Greco-Roman Period] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
rare |
Synonyms
- (lie, falsehood): jzft
Antonyms
- (lie, falsehood): mꜣꜥt
Descendants
- Demotic: glk
- Fayyumic and Akhmimic Coptic: ϭⲁⲗ (cal)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲟⲗ (col)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 215.
- Middle Egyptian Grammar: The Autobiography of Admiral Ahmose: Part I , Dr. Gabor Toth, Rutgers University.
- Nederhof, Mark-Jan, Papyrus Westcar, page 25