gꜣw
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɡɑuː/
- Conventional anglicization: gau
Verb
3ae inf.
- (intransitive) to be(come) narrow
Inflection
Conjugation of gꜣw (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: gꜣ, geminated stem: gꜣꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
gꜣt, gꜣj | gꜣw, gꜣ | gꜣt, gꜣwt, gꜣyt | gꜣ | gꜣ, gꜣy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
gꜣ8, gꜣꜣ8 | ḥr gꜣt, ḥr gꜣj | m gꜣt, m gꜣj | r gꜣt, r gꜣj |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | gꜣ.n | consecutive | gꜣ.jn |
terminative | gꜣt, gꜣyt | ||
perfective3 | gꜣ | obligative | gꜣ.ḫr |
imperfective | gꜣ, gꜣy | ||
prospective3 | gꜣw, gꜣ, gꜣy | potentialis | gꜣ.kꜣ |
subjunctive | gꜣ, gꜣy |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | gꜣ.n | — | — |
perfective | gꜣw1, gꜣy, gꜣ | gꜣ | gꜣy, gꜣ |
imperfective | gꜣꜣ, gꜣꜣy, gꜣꜣw5 | gꜣꜣ, gꜣꜣj6, gꜣꜣy6 | gꜣꜣ, gꜣꜣw5 |
prospective | gꜣw1, gꜣy, gꜣ, gꜣtj7 | gꜣwtj1 4, gꜣtj4, gꜣt4 | |
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References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 151.6–152.7