kꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: kai

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to plan, to plot

Inflection

Conjugation of kꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: kꜣ, geminated stem: kꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
kꜣt, kꜣj	kꜣw, kꜣ	kꜣt, kꜣwt, kꜣyt	kꜣ	kꜣ, kꜣy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
kꜣ8, kꜣꜣ8	ḥr kꜣt, ḥr kꜣj	m kꜣt, m kꜣj	r kꜣt, r kꜣj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	kꜣ.n	kꜣw, kꜣ, kꜣy	consecutive	kꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	kꜣt, kꜣyt
perfective3	kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	kꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	kꜣ, kꜣy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	kꜣw, kꜣ, kꜣy	kꜣw, kꜣ, kꜣy	potentialis1	kꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	kꜣ, kꜣy	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	kꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	kꜣw1, kꜣy, kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	kꜣ	kꜣy, kꜣ
imperfective	kꜣꜣ, kꜣꜣy, kꜣꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	kꜣꜣ, kꜣꜣj6, kꜣꜣy6	kꜣꜣ, kꜣꜣw5
prospective	kꜣw1, kꜣy, kꜣ, kꜣtj7	—	kꜣwtj1 4, kꜣtj4, kꜣt4
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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Derived terms

• kꜣ (“so, then, as a result”)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 171, 230.