ptpt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛtpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: petpet

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to trample

   Synonym: tjtj

Inflection

Conjugation of ptpt (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ptpt

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ptpt ptptw, ptpt ptptt ptpt ptpt ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ptpt ḥr ptpt m ptpt r ptpt suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ptpt.n ptptw, ptpt consecutive ptpt.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ptptt perfective3 ptpt active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ptpt.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ptpt active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ptptw, ptpt ptptw, ptpt potentialis1 ptpt.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ptpt active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ptpt.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ptpt active + .tj1, .tw2 ptpt ptpt, ptptw5, ptpty5 imperfective ptpt, ptpty, ptptw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ptpt, ptptj6, ptpty6 ptpt, ptptw5 prospective ptpt, ptpttj7 — ptptwtj1 4, ptpttj4, ptptt4 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.

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 156.