Pre-Late Egyptian Reconstruction/The Egyptian Hollow Verb

The Egyptian Version of The Hollow Verb
Egyptian follows a similar pattern to sister Semitic languages in reference to roots with a medial j/y, w (and sometimes ɜ, ꜥ, t, r and w especially when turned into a j or w). The ability to alter the pronunciation appears to have been sporadically unpredictable and possibly optional in speech through the earlier phases of the Egyptian language (as is seen in the hieroglyphics), but it can also be explained as a shifted accented syllable in a majority of verbs whcih borrowed the shifted stressed word as a nominal unit- whereas, in Coptic there tends to be a renovated popular trend in the hollowed forms allowing the more ancient pronunciation only in a few words. This is comparable to English alternative spellings such as: archæology, encyclopædia, flavour, analyze for analyse, ect. and even better examples would be English words such as: ghost, thought, drought, debt, chorus, ect. The pronunciation may have been further contaminated by Greek influence and to an extent Arabic influence, in Coptic causing most, if not all reductions to be a diphthong in the current Coptic pronunciation, so for example: ⲤOⲈⲒⲦ - fame/report is currently pronounced soyt when it would have been most likely pronounced so-yət, same is true with Coptic infinitives: ⲤⲰⲚⲦ - so-nət and not sont). The only diphthongs which possibly did exist are at the end of a word if the final syllable was stressed [CvCai ~ ϨⲢⲀⲒ], which would technically be treated as vowel + a weak consonant combination, or those which are conformed within the typical syllable rules [CaiCv - ϨOⲈⲒⲦⲈ]. Here are some examples of a hollow verb at work:

... original medial-ɜ wāḥ (original: wāɜaḥ) - ceasing [OYⲰ/OYⲰϩ] tāš (original: tāɜaš) - fixing [TⲰϢ] ḫāꜥ (original: ḫāɜaꜥ) - laying [KⲰ] ḥāp (original: ḥāɜap) - hiding [ϩⲰπ]
 * Some more examples of medial-weak consonants:

... original medial-w: rā d (original: rāwa d - washing [PⲰTcopt] jār (original: jāwar) - getting pregnant [ⲰⲰcopt]


 * In instances of a Coptic double vowel [unlike in the above examples] it appears a glottal stop from an original Ꜣ,y/j, ꜥ indirectly reappears in Coptic by usage of a renovated spelling :

sǎjaf (sājf) - offending [SⲰⲰϤ - defiling, sfMEg ] qǎras - burying [KⲰⲰC/KⲰNC] = in this example r changed to j under the reorganization of pronunciation during the Late Kingdom. šǎꜥad - cutting [ϢⲰⲰT] = here we have a case where the consonant ꜥ changed into a j. h ǎkar - arming [ϩⲰⲰK] - the Coptic version contains metathesis and a change from r = j.
 * These words have a long vowel in the first syllable, possibly omitting infinitival/nominal characteristics... another hypothesis is, during the Pre-Egyptian phase of the language, these verbs once had a true geminated medial consonant (duplicating from an original un-geminated stem) altering the meaning of the newly created verb thus culminating into a separate verb:

sāwan - knowing [CⲰOYNB. , CAYNEA.A. ] = this verb shows the various distinct vocalizations throughout all the Coptic dialects. māwat - killing [MⲰOYT]

The root m-w-t has an interesting distribution:


 * These group of verbs model after a ~ i with a change medial-ɜ ~ j and a vanishing of the entire ultimae-j/w ending which causes an abridged version of the -aj/-aw ending in the first syllable but the -t reemerges in Coptic pronominal forms:

hājME hījLE (original: hǎɜaw ~ hǎjaw ~ hāj/w) - falling [ϩEcopt hɜw/hɜjME] wājME wījLE (original: wǎɜaw) - leaving [OYEcopt wɜw/wɜjME] mājtME mījtLE(original: mǎr(a)jat ~ mājjat) - loving [MEcopt]