ptr

English

Noun

ptr (plural ptrs)

  1. (programming) Abbreviation of pointer.
    • 1993, lbunch, “C++ dynamic array of ptrs”, in comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3 (Usenet):
    • 1998, Malcolm Watts, “Passing memory ptrs between lib and C++ code ?”, in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.memory (Usenet):

Anagrams

Egyptian

Etymology 1

pw (“this”) +‎ tr (interrogative particle).

Pronunciation

Pronoun
p t
r		 M6A2

 interrogative stressed (‘independent’) pronoun

  1. who? what?
Usage notes

Unlike the suffix pronouns and dependent pronouns, the independent pronouns are not tied to any other element of the sentence. Nevertheless, the meaning of an independent pronoun depends on context:

  • After an infinitive, it is the subject of the verb.
  • Before a noun, its meaning can be ambiguous:
    • In the first and second person, it could be the subject of a noun phrase.
    • Alternatively, in all persons, it can be the predicate of a noun phrase.
    • If the noun is a participle, then in all persons it could be either the subject or the predicate of a noun phrase.
    • If the demonstrative pronoun pw is placed between the pronoun and the noun, the pronoun is definitely the predicate.
  • Before an adjective, in the first person only, it is the subject of an adjectival phrase.

When the independent pronoun is the subject it may, but does not always, indicate an emphasised subject.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ptr  
p t
Z4		 trA2
p
t		 trA2
pwX1
r		 trA2
ptj ptr pw-tr

Pronunciation

Verb
p t
r		 M4D6

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to behold, to see
  2. (transitive) to get to know (someone)
  3. (intransitive) to see
  4. (catenative) to see that
Inflection
Conjugation of ptr (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ptr, geminated stem: ptrr
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ptr
 ptrw, ptr
 ptrt
 ptr
 ptr
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ptr
 ḥr ptr
 m ptr
 r ptr
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ptr.n
 ptrw, ptr
 consecutive ptr.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ptrt
perfective3 ptr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 ptr.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ptr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ptr
 ptrr
 potentialis1 ptr.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ptr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ptr.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective ptr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ptr
 ptr, ptrw5, ptry5
imperfective ptr, ptry, ptrw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ptr, ptrj6, ptry6
 ptr, ptrw5
prospective ptr, ptrtj7
 — ptrtj4, ptrt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ptr  
p
t		 D6 D6
r
ptr
[Old Kingdom]

Interjection
p t
r		 M4D6
  1. (Late Egyptian) behold, lo, look; presents the contents of a statement
    Synonym: (Old and Middle Egyptian) m
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ptr  
p t
r		 iM4D6
ptrj

References
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 564.1–564.23, 565
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 96
  • Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 80, 333
  • 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.
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