tjtj

tjtj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 4ae inf.

1. (transitive) to trample on (a foe) [since the Middle Kingdom]

   Synonym: ptpt

2. (intransitive) to fight
3. to enter (+ m)

Inflection

Conjugation of tjtj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: tjt, geminated stem: tjtt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
tjt	tjtw, tjtyw, tjt	tjtt, tjtwt, tjtyt	tjt	tjt, tjty

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
tjt8	ḥr tjt	m tjt	r tjt

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	tjt.n	tjtw, tjt, tjty	consecutive	tjt.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	tjtt
perfective3	tjt	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	tjt.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	tjt, tjty	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	tjtw, tjt, tjty	tjtt	potentialis1	tjt.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	tjt, tjty	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	tjt.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	tjtw1, tjty, tjt	active + .tj1, .tw2	tjt	tjty, tjt
imperfective	tjtt, tjtty, tjttw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	tjtt, tjttj6, tjtty6	tjtt, tjttw5
prospective	tjtw1, tjty, tjt, tjttj7	—	tjtwtj1 4, tjttj4, tjtt4
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, 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tjtj  

tjtj	djdj	tjtj

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 244