mꜣꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑʔɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: maa

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to direct, to guide
2. (reflexive) to be true
3. (reflexive, law) to be innocent
4. (reflexive) to be just or fair
5. (transitive) to make an offering of

Inflection

Conjugation of mꜣꜥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mꜣꜥ, geminated stem: mꜣꜥꜥ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
mꜣꜥ	mꜣꜥw, mꜣꜥ	mꜣꜥt	mꜣꜥ	mꜣꜥ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
mꜣꜥ	ḥr mꜣꜥ	m mꜣꜥ	r mꜣꜥ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	mꜣꜥ.n	mꜣꜥw, mꜣꜥ	consecutive	mꜣꜥ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	mꜣꜥt
perfective3	mꜣꜥ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	mꜣꜥ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	mꜣꜥ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	mꜣꜥ	mꜣꜥꜥ	potentialis1	mꜣꜥ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	mꜣꜥ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	mꜣꜥ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	mꜣꜥ	active + .tj1, .tw2	mꜣꜥ	mꜣꜥ, mꜣꜥw5, mꜣꜥy5
imperfective	mꜣꜥ, mꜣꜥy, mꜣꜥw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	mꜣꜥ, mꜣꜥj6, mꜣꜥy6	mꜣꜥ, mꜣꜥw5
prospective	mꜣꜥ, mꜣꜥtj7	—	mꜣꜥtj4, mꜣꜥt4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣꜥ  

mꜣꜥ

Derived terms

• mꜣꜥw
• mꜣꜥt
• mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Noun

 m

1. (anatomy) temple

Inflection

Declension of mꜣꜥ (masculine)

singular	mꜣꜥ
dual	mꜣꜥwj
plural	mꜣꜥw

Derived terms

• rḏj mꜣꜥ r

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 55, 128