-w

See also: Appendix:Variations of "w"

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from a lengthened form of Proto-Afro-Asiatic *-u (“nominative case marker”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /aw/, /w/ → /aw/, /w/ → /(ə)/, /ʔ/, /w/

Suffix

w

  1. Used to form the masculine plural forms of nouns and adjectives
Usage notes

The plural is occasionally represented by writing the phonetic or determinative glyph three times, e.g. tꜣw:

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N16
N16
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *-u (“nominative case marker”).

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

w

  1. Forms a-stem masculine nouns from roots.
    ḥfꜣ- → ḥfꜣw (“(male) snake”)
  2. Forms u-stem masculine nouns from roots.
    hrw- → hrw(w) (“day”)
Usage notes

In good orthography, -w is written with a-stem nouns but left unwritten with u-stem nouns, hence hrww, rꜥw are written hrw, rꜥ.

Etymology 3

Suffix

w

  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.

Etymology 4

Suffix

w

  1. Forms adverbs from certain adjectives; -ly
  2. Forms prepositional adverbs from certain prepositions.

Etymology 5

Suffix

w

  1. Forms the negatival complement of all verbs except geminate and anomalous verbs.
Usage notes

Often this ending is entirely omitted.

Etymology 6

Suffix

w

  1. Forms the prospective of all verbs except second geminate, strong bi- and triliteral, and (usually) anomalous verbs.
  2. Forms the prospective passive of all verbs except fourth weak, strong bi- and triliteral, and (usually) anomalous verbs.
  3. Forms the perfect passive of all verbs except second geminate verbs.
Usage notes

Often this ending is entirely omitted.

Alternative forms

Etymology 7

Suffix

w

  1. Optionally marks the masculine singular imperfective passive participle, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
  2. Optionally marks the masculine singular imperfective relative form of all verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
Alternative forms

Etymology 8

Suffix

w

  1. Optionally marks the masculine singular perfective passive participle of strong verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
Alternative forms

References

  • Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 328–329, 354, etc.
  • Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58–59, 251
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