pgꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛɡɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: pega

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to spread open, to unfold

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
pgꜣ	pgꜣw, pgꜣ	pgꜣt	pgꜣ	pgꜣ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	pgꜣ.n	pgꜣw, pgꜣ	consecutive	pgꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	pgꜣt
perfective3	pgꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	pgꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	pgꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	pgꜣ	pgꜣꜣ	potentialis1	pgꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	pgꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	pgꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	pgꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	pgꜣ	pgꜣ, pgꜣw5, pgꜣy5
imperfective	pgꜣ, pgꜣy, pgꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	pgꜣ, pgꜣj6, pgꜣy6	pgꜣ, pgꜣw5
prospective	pgꜣ, pgꜣtj7	—	pgꜣtj4, pgꜣt4
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.

Noun

 m

1. open space, field
2. battlefield

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182.