ptr

English

Noun

ptr (plural ptrs)

(programming) Abbreviation of pointer.
- 1993, "lbunch", C++ dynamic array of ptrs (on newsgroup comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3)
- 1998, "Malcolm Watts", Passing memory ptrs between lib and C++ code ? (on newsgroup comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.memory)

Anagrams

PRT, RPT, RTP, TPR, Tpr, rpt, rpt.

Egyptian

Etymology 1

pw (“this”) +‎ tr (interrogative particle).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛtɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: peter

Pronoun

interrogative stressed (‘independent’) pronoun

who? what?

Usage notes

Unlike the suffix pronouns and dependent pronouns, the independent pronouns are not tied to any other element of the sentence. Nevertheless, the meaning of an independent pronoun depends on context:

After an infinitive, it is the subject of the verb.
Before a noun, its meaning can be ambiguous:
- In the first and second person, it could be the subject of a noun phrase.
- Alternatively, in all persons, it can be the predicate of a noun phrase.
- If the noun is a participle, then in all persons it could be either the subject or the predicate of a noun phrase.
- If the demonstrative pronoun pw is placed between the pronoun and the noun, the pronoun is definitely the predicate.
Before an adjective, in the first person only, it is the subject of an adjectival phrase.

When the independent pronoun is the subject it may, but does not always, indicate an emphasised subject.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ptr

ptj

ptr

pw-tr

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛtɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: peter

Verb

3-lit.

(transitive) to behold, to see
(transitive) to get to know (someone)
(intransitive) to see
(catenative) to see that

Inflection

Conjugation of ptr (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ptr, geminated stem: ptrr

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ptr	ptrw, ptr	ptrt	ptr	ptr

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ptr.n	ptrw, ptr	consecutive	ptr.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	ptr.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	ptrt
perfective³	ptr	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	ptr.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	ptr	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	ptr.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	ptr	ptrr	potentialis¹	ptr.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	ptr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	ptr	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ptr.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	ptr	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ptr	ptr, ptrw⁵, ptry⁵
imperfective	ptr, ptry, ptrw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ptr, ptrj⁶, ptry⁶	ptr, ptrw⁵
prospective	ptr, ptrtj⁷	—	ptrtj⁴, ptrt⁴
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ptr

ptr

[Old Kingdom]

Interjection

(Late Egyptian) behold, lo, look; presents the contents of a statement
Synonym: (Old and Middle Egyptian) m

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ptr

ptrj

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 564.1–564.23, 565
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 96
Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 80, 333
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 56.