wꜣj

wꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) distant or far away
2. (intransitive) to be(come) long ago
3. (transitive with r) to fall into (a condition or state), to start

Inflection

Conjugation of wꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: wꜣ, geminated stem: wꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wꜣt, wꜣj	wꜣw, wꜣ	wꜣt, wꜣwt, wꜣyt	wꜣ	wꜣ, wꜣy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
wꜣ8, wꜣꜣ8	ḥr wꜣt, ḥr wꜣj	m wꜣt, m wꜣj	r wꜣt, r wꜣj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	wꜣ.n	consecutive	wꜣ.jn
terminative	wꜣt, wꜣyt
perfective3	wꜣ	obligative	wꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	wꜣ, wꜣy
prospective3	wꜣw, wꜣ, wꜣy	potentialis	wꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	wꜣ, wꜣy

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	wꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	wꜣw1, wꜣy, wꜣ	wꜣ	wꜣy, wꜣ
imperfective	wꜣꜣ, wꜣꜣy, wꜣꜣw5	wꜣꜣ, wꜣꜣj6, wꜣꜣy6	wꜣꜣ, wꜣꜣw5
prospective	wꜣw1, wꜣy, wꜣ, wꜣtj7	wꜣwtj1 4, wꜣtj4, wꜣt4
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.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 270, 345 page 230, 270, 345.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146