.w

Pronoun

 * 1) they, them, their (see usage notes)

Usage notes
This form began to replace the old third person plural pronoun,, from c.1400. This process started with the objects of prepositions and then instances of the pronoun attached to. By Late Egyptian it was the standard form outside of the most formal texts, which retained.

Pronoun

 * 1)  he, him, they, them

Usage notes
Some authors distinguish between the singular and plural as two different morphemes, treating plural as a variant of Old Egyptian  or  and singular  as a variant of Old Egyptian ; however, at least by Middle Egyptian, no distinction seems to have been made.

In Old Egyptian, and its variants were used for the masculine plural, while  and its variants were used for the feminine plural. By Middle Egyptian, had taken on both roles, making plural  rare.

This suffix is usually omitted entirely. When written at all, it is often written before the determinative of the verb.