gꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɑuː/
- Conventional anglicization: gau

Verb

3ae inf.

(intransitive) to be(come) narrow

Inflection

Conjugation of gꜣw (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: gꜣ, geminated stem: gꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
gꜣt, gꜣj	gꜣw, gꜣ	gꜣt, gꜣwt, gꜣyt	gꜣ	gꜣ, gꜣy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
gꜣ⁸, gꜣꜣ⁸	ḥr gꜣt, ḥr gꜣj	m gꜣt, m gꜣj	r gꜣt, r gꜣj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
aspect / mood	active	aspect / mood	active
perfect	gꜣ.n	consecutive	gꜣ.jn
terminative	gꜣt, gꜣyt	consecutive	gꜣ.jn
perfective³	gꜣ	obligative¹	gꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	gꜣ, gꜣy	obligative¹	gꜣ.ḫr
prospective³	gꜣw, gꜣ, gꜣy	potentialis¹	gꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	gꜣ, gꜣy	potentialis¹	gꜣ.kꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	gꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	gꜣw¹, gꜣy, gꜣ	gꜣ	gꜣy, gꜣ
imperfective	gꜣꜣ, gꜣꜣy, gꜣꜣw⁵	gꜣꜣ, gꜣꜣj⁶, gꜣꜣy⁶	gꜣꜣ, gꜣꜣw⁵
prospective	gꜣw¹, gꜣy, gꜣ, gꜣtj⁷	gꜣwtj^{1 4}, gꜣtj⁴, gꜣt⁴

¹ Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
² Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
³ 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.
⁴ Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. ⁵ Only in the masculine singular.
⁶ Only in the masculine.
⁷ Only in the feminine.
⁸ Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Synonyms

ḥns

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 151.6–152.7