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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3ae inf.
- (transitive) to hit, to strike, to beat
- (transitive) to tread (a road)
Inflection
Conjugation of ḥwj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḥw
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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ḥwt, ḥwj
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ḥww, ḥw
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ḥwt, ḥwwt, ḥwyt
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ḥw
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ḥw, ḥwy
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḥw.n
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ḥww, ḥw, ḥwy
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consecutive
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ḥw.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ḥwt, ḥwyt
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| perfective3
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ḥw
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ḥw.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ḥw, ḥwy
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ḥww, ḥw, ḥwy
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ḥww, ḥw, ḥwy
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potentialis1
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ḥw.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ḥw, ḥwy
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḥw.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ḥww1, ḥwy, ḥw
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḥw
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ḥwy, ḥw
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| imperfective
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ḥw, ḥwy, ḥww5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḥw, ḥwj6, ḥwy6
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ḥw, ḥww5
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| prospective
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ḥww1, ḥwy, ḥw, ḥwtj7
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—
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ḥwwtj1 4, ḥwtj4, ḥwt4
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- Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
- Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
- 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.
- Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
- Only in the masculine singular.
- Only in the masculine.
- Only in the feminine.
- Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwj
Derived terms
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 251, 253.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 98
