wꜥ

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Egyptian

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Egyptian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: wꜥ
    Ordinal: tpj, ḥꜣtj
    Adverbial: zp wꜥ
    Distributive: wꜥ wꜥ

Etymology

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Formed as if the perfective active participle of wꜥj (to be(come) alone), although possibly the verb may be derived from the numeral instead.

Pronunciation 1

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Adjective

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T21
D36 Z1
  1. alone
  2. unique
  3. as one, all together
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Numeral

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wa
a Z1
  1. one
Usage notes
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As the numeral wꜥ is in fact a specialized use of the adjective, see the adjective section above for alternative forms, inflection, etc.

Descendants
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Pronunciation 2

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Determiner

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wa
a Z1
  1. (Late Egyptian) the singular indefinite article; a, an
Usage notes
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As an indefinite article, wꜥ precedes its noun, initially in the construction wꜥ n(j) and later by itself. This is in contrast to its use as an adjective/numeral, where it follows the modified noun like all Egyptian adjectives.

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References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 102–104.
  • Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 53, 68
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  1. ^ Callender, John (1975) Middle Egyptian, Undena Publications, page 56:wíꜥjaw
  2. ^ Edel, Elmar (1961) “Neues Material zur Herkunft der auslautenden Vokale -ⲉ und -ⲓ im Koptischen”, in Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, volume 86, number 1, →DOI:wĭꜥj˘w