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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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 c pl 3. stative ending

  1. (attached to a stative verb form) they, them

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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Likely this a variant form of the stative endings .w or .wy or both; see .w for alternative forms.

In Old Egyptian, .w/.y and its variants were used for the masculine plural, while .tj and its variants were used for the feminine plural. By Middle Egyptian, .w/.y had taken on both roles, making plural .tj rare.

In Late Egyptian this form (.y) was also used for the masculine singular.

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, page 206.
  • Edel, Elmar (1955-1964) Altägyptische Grammatik, Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum
  • Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 82