nꜣy

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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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 pl demonstrative determiner

  1. (Late Egyptian, with attached suffix pronoun) forms possessives; my, our, your, his, her, its, their, depending on which suffix pronoun is attached

Usage notes

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This determiner modifies plural nouns, but it does not specify that the possessor is plural; the gender and number of the possessor are specified by the attached suffix pronoun.

Inflection

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For the possible suffix pronoun endings, see Template:Egyptian personal pronouns.

Descendants

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References

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  • Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 53–54
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 56.
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN