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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to grasp, to seize
Inflection
Conjugation of ḫfꜥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫfꜥ, geminated stem: ḫfꜥꜥ
| 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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ḫfꜥ
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ḫfꜥw, ḫfꜥ
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ḫfꜥt
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ḫfꜥ
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ḫfꜥ
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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ḫfꜥ
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ḥr ḫfꜥ
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m ḫfꜥ
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r ḫfꜥ
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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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ḫfꜥ.n
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ḫfꜥw, ḫfꜥ
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consecutive
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ḫfꜥ.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ḫfꜥt
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| perfective3
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ḫfꜥ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ḫfꜥ.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ḫfꜥ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ḫfꜥ
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ḫfꜥꜥ
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potentialis1
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ḫfꜥ.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ḫfꜥ
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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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ḫfꜥ.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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ḫfꜥ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḫfꜥ
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ḫfꜥ, ḫfꜥw5, ḫfꜥy5
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| imperfective
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ḫfꜥ, ḫfꜥy, ḫfꜥw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḫfꜥ, ḫfꜥj6, ḫfꜥy6
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ḫfꜥ, ḫfꜥw5
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| prospective
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ḫfꜥ, ḫfꜥtj7
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—
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ḫfꜥtj4, ḫfꜥt4
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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.
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Synonyms
References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 291.
