-wj

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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-w (masculine plural ending) + -j (dual ending).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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w&y
  1. Used to form regular masculine dual forms of nouns and adjectives
  2. Attaches to the adjective in an adjectival predicate to give its clause admirative exclamatory force: How very… ! How… !
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 21:
      bnrw&yU7
      t
      f
      x
      r
      n
      Z2
      bnrwj mr(w)t.f ḫr.n
      How sweet is the love of him among us!

Alternative forms

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The dual suffix is also often represented by writing the phonetic or determinative glyph twice, e.g. tꜣwj:

N16
N16

References

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