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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive or intransitive) to hunt
Inflection
Conjugation of bḥs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: bḥs, geminated stem: bḥss
| 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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bḥs
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bḥsw, bḥs
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bḥst
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bḥs
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bḥs
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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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bḥs
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ḥr bḥs
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m bḥs
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r bḥs
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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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bḥs.n
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bḥsw, bḥs
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consecutive
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bḥs.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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bḥst
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| perfective3
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bḥs
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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bḥs.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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bḥs
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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bḥs
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bḥss
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potentialis1
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bḥs.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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bḥs
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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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bḥs.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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bḥs
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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bḥs
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bḥs, bḥsw5, bḥsy5
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| imperfective
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bḥs, bḥsy, bḥsw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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bḥs, bḥsj6, bḥsy6
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bḥs, bḥsw5
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| prospective
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bḥs, bḥstj7
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—
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bḥstj4, bḥst4
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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 bḥs
Noun
m
- Alternative form of bḥz (“calf”)
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 469.13–469.17
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 84
