mtj

See also: MTJ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb
mt
t y		 DbaDbaY1V

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) precise or exact
  2. (intransitive, of people) to be(come) scrupulous or exact, to be(come) precise in knowing, judging, and acting correctly (+ n: for (someone), + m: in (a place))
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) correct, the right one
  4. (intransitive) to be(come) rightful, proper
  5. (intransitive) to be(come) customary, usual
  6. (intransitive, of seasons, offerings, festivals) to be(come) regular

Inflection
Conjugation of mtj (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mtj
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
mtj
 mtjw, mtj
 mtjt
 mtj
 mtj
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
mtj
 ḥr mtj
 m mtj
 r mtj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect mtj.n
 consecutive mtj.jn
terminative mtjt
perfective3 mtj
 obligative1 mtj.ḫr
imperfective mtj
prospective3 mtj
 potentialis1 mtj.kꜣ
subjunctive mtj
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect mtj.n
 — —
perfective mtj
 mtj
 mtj, mtjw5, mtjy5
imperfective mtj, mtjy, mtjw5
 mtj, mtjj6, mtjy6
 mtj, mtjw5
prospective mtj, mtjtj7
 mtjtj4, mtjt4
  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.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mtj  
mt
t
r		 DbaDbaY1V
mt
t		 DbaDbaY1V
mtr mtj

Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲙⲁⲧⲉ (mate)

Noun
mt
t y		 DbaDbaY1V

 m

  1. correctness, exactness, scrupulousness

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

References
  • “mtj (lemma ID 400854)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • “mtj (lemma ID 77420)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • “mtj (lemma ID 77680)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 168.1, 169, 173.1–174.4
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 120
  • Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 854
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146
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