ꜥmꜥꜣ

ꜥmꜥꜣ

Egyptian

FWOTD – 18 July 2015

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive, with or without r) to throw a throwing stick at
   • Tomb of Senbi, Rock Tombs at Meir:[1]

     ꜥmꜥꜣ r ꜣpdw

     Throwing at the birds.

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜥmꜥꜣ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜥmꜥꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ꜥmꜥꜣ	ꜥmꜥꜣw, ꜥmꜥꜣ	ꜥmꜥꜣt	ꜥmꜥꜣ	ꜥmꜥꜣ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ꜥmꜥꜣ.n	ꜥmꜥꜣw, ꜥmꜥꜣ	consecutive	ꜥmꜥꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ꜥmꜥꜣt
perfective3	ꜥmꜥꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	ꜥmꜥꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ꜥmꜥꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ꜥmꜥꜣw, ꜥmꜥꜣ	ꜥmꜥꜣw, ꜥmꜥꜣ	potentialis	ꜥmꜥꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ꜥmꜥꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ꜥmꜥꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ꜥmꜥꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	ꜥmꜥꜣ	ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣw5, ꜥmꜥꜣy5
imperfective	ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣy, ꜥmꜥꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣj6, ꜥmꜥꜣy6	ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣw5
prospective	ꜥmꜥꜣ, ꜥmꜥꜣtj7	—	ꜥmꜥꜣwtj1 4, ꜥmꜥꜣtj4, ꜥmꜥꜣt4
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.

References

1. A. M. Blackman, The Rock Tombs of Meir, Vol. 1, pl. 2