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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
4-lit.
- (intransitive) to reverse, to undo or turn back
Inflection
Conjugation of ḫtḫt (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ḫtḫt
| 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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ḫtḫt
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ḫtḫtw, ḫtḫt
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ḫtḫtt
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ḫtḫt
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ḫtḫt
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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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ḫtḫt
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ḥr ḫtḫt
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m ḫtḫt
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r ḫtḫt
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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ḫtḫt.n
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consecutive
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ḫtḫt.jn
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| terminative
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ḫtḫtt
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| perfective3
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ḫtḫt
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obligative1
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ḫtḫt.ḫr
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| imperfective
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ḫtḫt
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| prospective3
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ḫtḫtw, ḫtḫt
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potentialis1
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ḫtḫt.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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ḫtḫt
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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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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḫtḫt.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ḫtḫt
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ḫtḫt
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ḫtḫt, ḫtḫtw5, ḫtḫty5
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| imperfective
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ḫtḫt, ḫtḫty, ḫtḫtw5
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ḫtḫt, ḫtḫtj6, ḫtḫty6
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ḫtḫt, ḫtḫtw5
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| prospective
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ḫtḫt, ḫtḫttj7
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ḫtḫtwtj1 4, ḫtḫttj4, ḫtḫtt4
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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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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫtḫt
References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 241.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 122
