nꜣy
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== Egyptian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɑiː/
Conventional anglicization: nay
=== Determiner ===
pl demonstrative determiner
(Late Egyptian, with attached suffix pronoun) forms possessives; my, our, your, his, her, its, their, depending on which suffix pronoun is attached
==== Usage notes ====
This determiner modifies plural nouns, but it does not specify that the possessor is plural; the gender and number of the possessor are specified by the attached suffix pronoun.
==== Declension ====
For the possible suffix pronoun endings, see Template:egy-personal pronouns.
==== Descendants ====
⇒ Coptic: ⲛⲁ- (na-), ⲛⲉⲕ- (nek-), ⲛⲟⲩ- (nou-), ⲛⲉϥ- (nef-), ⲛⲉⲥ- (nes-), ⲛⲉⲛ- (nen-), ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̄- (netn̄-), ⲛⲉⲩ- (neu-)
=== References ===
Junge, Friedrich (2005), Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 53–54
James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 56.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN