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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Determiner
pl demonstrative determiner
- (Late Egyptian) these, those
Usage notes
This demonstrative was primarily a determiner but could also be used alone, as a pronoun. When used as a determiner it precedes the noun it describes.
Inflection
Old Egyptian demonstratives
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determiners
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pronouns1
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adverbs
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| number
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singular
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dual
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plural
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unmarked
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| gender
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masculine
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feminine
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masculine
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feminine
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masculine
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feminine
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unmarked
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| proximal to speaker
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pn
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tn, jtn
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*jpnj
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*jptnj
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jpn
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jptn
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nn
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—
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| distal
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pf
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tf
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*jpfj
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*jptfj
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jpf
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jptf
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nf
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—
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| proximal to spoken of
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pj, pw, py, p
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tj, tw, jtw
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jpwj
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*jptwj
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jpw
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jptw
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nw
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—
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| vocative
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pꜣ
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tꜣ
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—
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—
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—
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—
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nꜣ
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ꜥꜣ
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- Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.
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Middle Egyptian demonstratives
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determiners and pronouns
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adverbs
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| number
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singular
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plural1
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| gender
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masculine
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feminine
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unmarked
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| proximal
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pn
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tn
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nn
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ꜥn
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| distal
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pf, pfꜣ
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tf, tfꜣ
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nf, nfꜣ
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ꜥf
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| ‘copula’; vocative
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pw, pwy
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tw, twy
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nw
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—
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| anaphoric
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pꜣ
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tꜣ
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nꜣ
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ꜥꜣ
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- Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.
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Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles
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masculine
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feminine
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plural
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adverb
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| pronoun
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pꜣw
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dj
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| determiners and pronouns
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pꜣj
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tꜣj
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nꜣj
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| possessive determiners (used with suffix pronouns)
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pꜣy
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tꜣy
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nꜣy
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| relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’)
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p-n, pꜣ
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t-nt, tꜣ
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nꜣyw, nꜣ
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| definite articles
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pꜣ
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tꜣ
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nꜣ1
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| indefinite articles
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wꜥ1
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nhꜣy1
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- Originally joined by n(j) to nouns they modify; later without it.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nꜣj
Descendants
References
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 53
