The Arabic Papyrology Database
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Grammatical forms

Please note: There are special cases, which cause that not all slots are filled.

Nouns, participles, adjectives, numerals

Four slots: gender.number.case.determination.
e.g. m.sg.nom.det.

  • - Gender: m., f.
  • - Number: sg., du., pl.
  • - Case: nom., acc., gen.
  • - Determination: det., indet., constr.

 

Personal pronouns

Four slots: person.gender.number.case.
e.g. 2.m.sg.gen.

  • - Person: 1., 2., 3.
  • - Gender: m., f.
  • - Number: sg., du., pl.
  • - Case: nom., acc., gen.

 

Abbreviations

1. first person
2. second person
3. third person
acc. accusative
act. active
apoc. apocopate
conj. conjunctive
det. determined
du. dual
energ. energicus
f. feminine
gen. genitive
imp. imperative
imperf. imperfect
indet. indetermined
m. masculine
nom. nominative
pass. passive
perf. perfect
pl. plural
sg. singular

 

Verbs

Five slots: person.gender.number.tense.diathesis. In first person forms gender is omitted.
e.g. 3.f.sg.perf.act.

  • - Person: 1., 2., 3.
  • - Gender: m., f.
  • - Number: sg., du., pl.
  • - Tense: perf., imp., imperf., conj., apoc., energ.
  • - Diathesis: act., pass.

 

Demonstrative pronouns, relative pronouns

Four slots: gender.number.case.determination.
e.g. m.sg.gen.det.

  • - Gender: m., f.
  • - Number: sg., du., pl.
  • - Case: nom., acc., gen.
  • - Determination: det., indet.

 

Particles, negation, prepositions

No assignation of form: Ø