-j
See also: Appendix:Variations of "j"
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed Old Egyptian) /Vj/, where V represents an unknown short vowel.
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /i/
- Conventional anglicization: -i
Suffix
Usage notes
Often this is represented by writing the phonetic or determinative glyph twice, e.g. tꜣwj:
Etymology 2
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *-i (genitive-possessive case ending).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ij/ → /ij/ → /(ej)/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /i/
- Conventional anglicization: -i
Suffix
- Converts nouns and prepositions into masculine adjectives: the masculine nisba adjective ending.
Etymology 3
From earlier *-iu or *-iju, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *-u (nominative case ending) attached to a root ending in *-i or *-ij.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ij/ → /ij/ → /(ej)/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /i/
- Conventional anglicization: -i
Suffix
- Forms i-stem masculine nouns from roots.
Etymology 5
From the earlier infinitival ending -t; the consonant of this suffix became silent over time, leaving its remaining vowel to be represented by -j.
Suffix
- Forms the infinitive of anomalous verbs, weak verbs (except for fourth weak verbs with a geminated stem), and causative biliteral verbs.
Suffix
- Optionally marks the masculine imperfective active participle, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of -j
Suffix
- Optionally marks the masculine geminated perfective passive participle of strong biliteral verbs, intervening between the stem and the gender/number endings.
See also
- .j (first-person singular suffix pronoun)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
Esperanto
Etymology
From the nominative plural in /i/ or /j/ found in many European languages, particularly the original diphthongs Ancient Greek -οι (-oi), -αι (-ai), and Latin -ae.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [j]
Suffix
-j
- (personal suffix) Used to form the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs (indefinite conjugation).
- vár (“to wait”) → Várj! - Wait!
Usage notes
Subjunctive/imperative indefinite - personal endings
Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | ||||
én | 1st person singular | -jak | -jek | ||
te | 2nd person singular | -j | |||
long form | -jál | -jél | |||
ő maga ön |
3rd person singular | -jon | -jen | -jön | |
-ik verbs (optional) | -jék | ||||
mi | 1st person plural | -junk | -jünk | ||
ti | 2nd person plural | -jatok | -jetek | ||
ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural | -janak | -jenek | ||
Verb ending | Assimilation rules of -j | ||||
s, sz, z, dz | The -j assimilates to the verb ending: keres + -j → keress | ||||
st, szt | The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz: fest + -j → fess | ||||
a long vowel + t or a consonant + t |
The -j becomes -s: segít + -j → segíts bont + -j → bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss | ||||
a short vowel + t | Both the stem-final -t and the -j becomes -s: mutat + -j → mutass |
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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