tjtj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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
  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 tjtj  
tjtj djdj tjtj

Descendants
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϯϯ (titi)

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
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