-j

Etymology
Related to reflexive pronoun.

Suffix

 * 1) Attached to o-stem verbs (in active voice). Indicating 1st person singular; indicative, present.
 * Examples of o-stem verbs:
 * • (2nd pers. singular verb form) +  →
 * • (2nd pers. singular verb form) +  →
 * • (2nd pers. singular verb form) +  →
 * • (2nd pers. singular verb form) +  →

Pronunciation

 * , where V represents an unknown short vowel.

Alternative forms
Often this suffix is represented by writing the phonetic or determinative glyph twice, e.g.  for.

Etymology 2
Hypothesized to be from.

Usage notes
In Old Egyptian this suffix was still productive. By Late Egyptian this was no longer the case, and adjectives with the suffix were lexicalized.

Alternative forms
This suffix is sometimes not written; in Old Egyptian, such omission is the usual practice.

Etymology 3
Hypothesized to be from earlier or, from  attached to a root ending in  or.

Etymology 5
From the earlier infinitival ending ; the consonant of this suffix became silent over time, leaving its remaining vowel to be represented by.

Etymology
From the nominative plural in or  found in many European languages, particularly the original diphthongs, , and.

Suffix

 * 1) -s, -es (marks the plural form of nouns, adjectives, and some pronouns)
 * juna patro (young father) → junaj patroj (young fathers)
 * mia vundita mano (my injured hand) → miaj vunditaj manoj (my injured hands)