-j
See also: Appendix:Variations of "j"
Egyptian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /i/
- Conventional anglicization: -i
Suffix
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- Marks the dual form of nouns and adjectives. Attaches to the singular form if feminine or the plural form if masculine.
- Sometimes added to suffix pronouns attached to dual nouns.
Usage notes
Often this is represented by writing the phonetic or determinative glyph twice, e.g. tꜣwj:
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Afroasiatic *-i (genitive-possessive case ending).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ij/ → /ij/ → /(ej)/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /i/
- Conventional anglicization: -i
Suffix
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- Converts nouns and prepositions into masculine adjectives: the masculine nisba adjective ending.
Etymology 3
From earlier *-iu or *-iju, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-u (nominative case ending) attached to a root ending in *-i or *-ij.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ij/ → /ij/ → /(ej)/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /i/
- Conventional anglicization: -i
Suffix
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- Forms i-stem masculine nouns from roots.
Etymology 4
Suffix
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- Forms prepositional adverbs from certain prepositions.
Etymology 5
From the earlier infinitival ending -t; the consonant of this suffix became silent over time, leaving its remaining vowel to be represented by -j.
Suffix
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- Forms the infinitive of anomalous verbs, weak verbs (except for fourth weak verbs with a geminated stem), and causative biliteral verbs.
Etymology 6
Suffix
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- Optionally marks the masculine imperfective active participle, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of -j
Etymology 7
Suffix
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- Optionally marks the masculine geminated perfective passive participle of strong biliteral verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
See also
- .j (first-person singular suffix pronoun)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
Esperanto
Etymology
From the nominative plural in /i/ or /j/ found in many European languages, particularly the original diphthongs Ancient Greek -οι (-oi), -αι (-ai), and Latin -ae.
Suffix
-j
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-j
- (personal suffix) Used to form the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs (indefinite conjugation).
- vár (“to wait”) → Várj! ― Wait!
Usage notes
Subjunctive/imperative indefinite – personal endings
Person | Back vowel |
Front vowel | |||
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unrounded | rounded | ||||
én | 1st person singular | -jak | -jek | ||
te | 2nd person singular | -j | |||
long form | -jál | -jél | |||
ő maga / ön |
3rd person singular | -jon | -jen | -jön | |
-ik verbs (optional) | -jék | ||||
mi | 1st person plural | -junk | -jünk | ||
ti | 2nd person plural | -jatok | -jetek | ||
ők maguk / önök |
3rd person plural | -janak | -jenek | ||
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. | |||||
Verb ending | Assimilation rules of -j | ||||
-s -sz -z -dz |
The -j assimilates to the verb ending: keres → keress metsz → metssz hoz → hozz edz → eddz | ||||
-st -szt |
The -t is removed; the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz: fest → fess fáraszt → fárassz | ||||
long vowel + t or consonant + t |
The -j becomes -s: segít → segíts bont → bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss | ||||
short vowel + t | Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s: mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress |
See also
Categories:
- Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Egyptian lemmas
- Egyptian suffixes
- Egyptian terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Egyptian terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Esperanto terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Esperanto terms derived from Latin
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto suffixes
- Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro
- Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto
- Esperanto BRO1
- Esperanto endings
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian suffixes