jj

See also: JJ and JJ.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iʔi/
- Conventional anglicization: ii

Verb

anom.

(intransitive) to come
(intransitive) to return

Usage notes

By Middle Egyptian, this verb and its synonym jwj were apparently conflated into one, with some inflections of the verb using one stem and some using the other.

Inflection

Conjugation of jj (anomalous / anom.) — base stem: j, jj, jw, geminated stem: jw, jww

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
jt, jjt, jwt	jw	jwt	mj, jj, jw	mj, my, jj, jw

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
jj⁵, jw⁵	ḥr jt, ḥr jjt, ḥr jwt	m jt, m jjt, m jwt	r jt, r jjt, r jwt

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
aspect / mood	active	aspect / mood	active
perfect	jj.n, jw.n	consecutive	jw.jn, jj.jn
terminative	jt, jyt, jjt, jwt	consecutive	jw.jn, jj.jn
perfective³	jw, jj	obligative	jw.ḫr
imperfective	jw, jj, jy	obligative	jw.ḫr
prospective³	jw, jwy	potentialis	jw.kꜣ
subjunctive	jwt	potentialis	jw.kꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	j.n, jj.n	—	—
perfective	j	jj, jy	—
imperfective	jw, jww, jyw	jwy	—
prospective	—	jwtj⁴, jwt⁴
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. Third-person masculine statives of this verb often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jj

jj

Derived terms

Terms derived from jj

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 159, 455

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