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Introduction The Hieroglyphic writing Numbers Nouns Grammatical uses of the noun Adjectives and Comparison Demonstratives Personal Pronouns Titles in Ancient Egypt The Offering Formula Infinitive Possessive Adjectives Verbs in Ancient Egyptian language Relative in Ancient Egyptian Language Attribution Adjectives Comparative and Superlative Fractions Measures Interrogative pronouns Enclitic particles Non-Enclitic particles Prepositions Anticipation in the Ancient Egyptian Language Stative (Old Perfective) Active participles Passive participle The Passive Voice Verbal Sentence in Ancient Egyptian language Non-verbal Sentence in Ancient Egyptian language

Attribution Adjectives

 The ending y is employed to form adjectives from nouns and prepositions. It is known as the Nisba adjective or adjectives of relationship by Arab grammarians.

 

Godly
nTry
God
nTr
One who belongs to the horizon
Axty
Horizon
Axt
One who is upon
Hry
Upon
Hr
 
 
Note: the Nisba y is a semi-vowel and is omitted in feminine adjectives and occasionally omitted in prepositional adjectives.
 
Who/which is above
Hr(y)t
Southern
rs(y)t
What is in the mouth (tongue)
im(y)-r
One who is upon his mountain
Tp(y)-Dw.f

 


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