English Online Dictionary. What means mj? What does mj mean?
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mi/
- Conventional anglicization: mi
Etymology 1
Compare with Hebrew מי (mí).
Pronoun
interrogative enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun
- who?, what?; a general interrogative pronoun for people and things
Usage notes
This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:
- When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
- In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
- When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
- When it follows an imperative, it indicates the subject or the object of the verb.
- When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
- When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- mj mj
- r mj
- ḥr mj
Etymology 2
Possibly to be identified with the proclitic particle m (“see, behold”).
Particle
enclitic
- (following a verb in the imperative) strengthens an imperative; please, now
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Preposition
- like, just as
- in accordance with
- as well as
Usage notes
When the object is a personal pronoun, mj is not used; instead, one of its derivatives mjtj and mjtw is used with a suffix pronoun.
Inflection
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Verb
- imperative of jj (“to come”)
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Demotic: jmj
- Coptic: ⲁⲙⲟⲩ (amou) (masculine singular), ⲁⲙⲏ (amē) (feminine singular), ⲁⲙⲱⲓ- (amōi-) (masculine plural), ⲁⲙⲏⲓ- (amēi-), ⲁⲙⲏⲉⲓ- (amēei-) (feminine plural)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 56, 78, 86, 90, 189–190, 198.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 78–79