ḥḥj

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

HHD54

 3ae inf. or 4ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to seek

Inflection

Conjugation of ḥḥj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḥḥ, geminated stem: ḥḥḥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḥḥt, ḥḥj
 ḥḥw, ḥḥ
 ḥḥt, ḥḥwt, ḥḥyt
 ḥḥ
 ḥḥ, ḥḥy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḥḥ8, ḥḥḥ8
 ḥr ḥḥt, ḥr ḥḥj
 m ḥḥt, m ḥḥj
 r ḥḥt, r ḥḥj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḥḥ.n
 ḥḥw, ḥḥ, ḥḥy
 consecutive ḥḥ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḥḥt, ḥḥyt
perfective3 ḥḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 ḥḥ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḥḥ, ḥḥy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḥḥw, ḥḥ, ḥḥy
 ḥḥw, ḥḥ, ḥḥy
 potentialis1 ḥḥ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḥḥ, ḥḥy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḥḥ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective ḥḥw1, ḥḥy, ḥḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ḥḥ
 ḥḥy, ḥḥ
imperfective ḥḥḥ, ḥḥḥy, ḥḥḥw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ḥḥḥ, ḥḥḥj6, ḥḥḥy6
 ḥḥḥ, ḥḥḥw5
prospective ḥḥw1, ḥḥy, ḥḥ, ḥḥtj7
 — ḥḥwtj1 4, ḥḥtj4, ḥḥt4
  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.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

While this is traditionally considered a third-weak verb, Allen instead analyzes it as a fourth-weak reduplicated verb with an unwritten second radical ḥ(j)ḥj:

Conjugation of ḥjḥj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: ḥjḥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḥjḥt, ḥjḥj
 ḥjḥw, ḥjḥyw, ḥjḥ
 ḥjḥt, ḥjḥwt, ḥjḥyt
 ḥjḥ
 ḥjḥ, ḥjḥy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḥjḥ8
 ḥr ḥjḥt, ḥr ḥjḥj
 m ḥjḥt, ḥr ḥjḥj
 r ḥjḥt, ḥr ḥjḥj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḥjḥ.n
 ḥjḥw, ḥjḥ, ḥjḥy
 consecutive ḥjḥ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḥjḥt
perfective3 ḥjḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 ḥjḥ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḥjḥ, ḥjḥy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḥjḥw, ḥjḥ, ḥjḥy
 ḥjḥ
 potentialis1 ḥjḥ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḥjḥ, ḥjḥy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḥjḥ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective ḥjḥw1, ḥjḥy, ḥjḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ḥjḥ
 ḥjḥy, ḥjḥ
imperfective ḥjḥ, ḥjḥy, ḥjḥw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ḥjḥ, ḥjḥj6, ḥjḥy6
 ḥjḥ, ḥjḥw5
prospective ḥjḥw1, ḥjḥy, ḥjḥ, ḥjḥtj7
 — ḥjḥwtj1 4, ḥjḥtj4, ḥjḥt4
  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.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥḥj  
HHy
D54
ḥḥj

Synonyms

References

  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 156, 317.
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