sg 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun
- I, me (see usage notes)
This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:
- When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
- In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
- When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
- When it follows an imperative, it indicates the subject or the object of the verb.
- When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
- When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.
Old Egyptian personal pronouns
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number
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first person
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second person
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third person
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| masculine
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feminine
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masculine
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feminine
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| suffix pronouns
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singular
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∅, .j
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.k, .kj1
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.ṯ, .ṯn
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.f, .fj1
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.s, .sj1
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| dual
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.nj
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.ṯnj
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.snj
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| plural
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.n
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.ṯn
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.sn
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| enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns
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singular
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w, wj, wy
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kw, k, ṯw, ṯ
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ṯm, ṯn
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sw, s
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s
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| dual
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—
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ṯnj
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snj
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| plural
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n
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ṯn
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sn
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| stressed (‘independent’) pronouns
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singular
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jnk
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ṯwt
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ṯmt
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swt
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stt
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| dual
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—
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—
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ntsnj
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| plural
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—
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ntṯn
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ntsn, jntsn
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| stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings
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singular
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.kj, .k
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.tj, .t
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∅, .j
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.tj, .t
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| dual
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—
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.tjwn
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.wy, .wj
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.ty
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| plural
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.wn, .nw
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∅, .w, .y, .wy
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.tj, .t
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- Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
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Middle Egyptian personal pronouns
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number
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first person
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second person
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third person
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| masculine
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feminine
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masculine
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feminine
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| suffix pronouns
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singular
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∅, .j
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.k, .kj1
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.ṯ, .t
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.f, .fj1
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.s, .sj1
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| dual2
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.nj
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.ṯnj, .tnj
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.snj
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| plural
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.n
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.ṯn, .tn
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.sn, .w3
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| enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns
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singular
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wj, w
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ṯw, tw
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ṯn, tn
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sw, st
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sj, s, st
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| plural
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n
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ṯn, tn
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sn, st
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| stressed (‘independent’) pronouns
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singular
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jnk
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ntk, ṯwt2
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ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2
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ntf, swt2
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nts, swt2
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| plural
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jnn3
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ntṯn, nttn
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ntsn
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| stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings
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singular
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.kw
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.tj, .t, .tw3
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∅, .w
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.tj, .t, .tw3
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| plural
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.wn, .wjn
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.tjwn, .tjwnj
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∅, .w, .y
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| proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3
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singular
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tw.j
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tw.k
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tw.t
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sw
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sj, st
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| plural
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tw.n
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tw.tn
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st
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- Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
- Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
- Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.
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Late Egyptian personal pronouns
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number
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first person
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second person
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third person
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| masculine
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feminine
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masculine
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feminine
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| suffix pronouns
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singular
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∅, .j
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.k, .kw
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.t
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.f, .fj
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.s, .st, .sw
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| plural
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.n
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.tn, .twn
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.w, .sn1
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| enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1
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singular
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wj
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tw, tj
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sw, st
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| plural
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n, wn
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twn
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sn, st
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| stressed (‘independent’) pronouns
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singular
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jnk
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mntk, mtwk
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mntt, mtwy
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mntf
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mntst, mntjst
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| plural
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jnn
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mnttn
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mntw
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| stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1
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singular
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.kw, .k
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.tj, .tw
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∅, .w, .y
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.tj, .tw
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| plural
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.nw
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.tn
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∅, .w, .y
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| unmarked (later)
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∅, .tw
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| proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns
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singular
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tw.j
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tw.k
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tw.t
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sw
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st, sw
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| plural
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tw.n
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tw.tn
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st, sw, swt
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- Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wj
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wj
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wj
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wj
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wj
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wj
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wj
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wj
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[Late Egyptian]
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This pronoun can also optionally be varied to indicate the identity of the antecedent — a distinction which would not have been indicated in speech, e.g.:
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wj
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| male human
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female human
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god
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god or king
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king
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king
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dead human
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In Late Egyptian, this pronoun is occasionally simply omitted from writing, much like the corresponding suffix pronoun .j.
enclitic
- An admirative particle: How wonderful!
m
- mummiform inner coffin
Declension of wj (masculine)
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 51, 122.
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 77–78
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 270, 270.12–271.7
