1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
PI. 10. tt. ttumy. vtyn. I, late IP. tt. tt. A kwl. The pseudo-participle seems, by its inflexion, to have been the perfect of the original Semitic conjugation. The simplest form being that of the 3rd person, it is best arranged like the corresponding tense in Semitic grammars, beginning with that person. There is no trace of the Semitic imperfect in Egyptian. The ordinary ~ ion is formed quite differently. The verbal stem is here by the subject-suffix or substantive — idjn-f, " he hears " ; fill, " the king hears.…
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