fꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈfiːʀit/ → /ˈfiːʀiʔ/ → /ˈfiːʔə/ → /ˈfiːʔ/

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to carry
  2. (transitive) to lift, to raise

Inflection
Conjugation of fꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: fꜣ, geminated stem: fꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
fꜣt, fꜣj
 fꜣw, fꜣ
 fꜣt, fꜣwt, fꜣyt
 fꜣ
 fꜣ, fꜣy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
fꜣ8, fꜣꜣ8
 ḥr fꜣt, ḥr fꜣj
 m fꜣt, m fꜣj
 r fꜣt, r fꜣj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect fꜣ.n
 fꜣw, fꜣ, fꜣy
 consecutive fꜣ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative fꜣt, fꜣyt
perfective3 fꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 fꜣ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective fꜣ, fꜣy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 fꜣw, fꜣ, fꜣy
 fꜣw, fꜣ, fꜣy
 potentialis1 fꜣ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive fꜣ, fꜣy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect fꜣ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective fꜣw1, fꜣy, fꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 fꜣ
 fꜣy, fꜣ
imperfective fꜣꜣ, fꜣꜣy, fꜣꜣw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 fꜣꜣ, fꜣꜣj6, fꜣꜣy6
 fꜣꜣ, fꜣꜣw5
prospective fꜣw1, fꜣy, fꜣ, fꜣtj7
 — fꜣwtj1 4, fꜣtj4, fꜣt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of fꜣj  
fꜣj

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Coptic: ϥⲓ (fi)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 162.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 112
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