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Egyptian
Etymology
Compare Arabic نَكَحَ (nakaḥa) and Arabic نَاكَ (nāka), Akkadian 𒈾𒀀𒆪 (nâku)
Pronunciation
Verb
2-lit.
- (transitive) to copulate
Inflection
Conjugation of nk (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: nk, geminated stem: nkk
| 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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nk
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nkw, nk
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nkt
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nk, j.nk
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nk, j.nk
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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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nk
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ḥr nk
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m nk
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r nk
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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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nk.n
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nkw, nk
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consecutive
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nk.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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nkt
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| perfective3
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nk
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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nk.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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nk, j.nk1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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nk
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nkk
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potentialis1
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nk.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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nk, j.nk1
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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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nk.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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nk
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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nk
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nkk, nkkj6, nk2, nkw2 5, nky2 5
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| imperfective
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j.nk1, nk, nky, nkw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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j.nk1, j.nkw1 5, nk, nkj6, nky6
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nk, nkw5
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| prospective
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nk, nktj7
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—
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nktj4, nkt4
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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 forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nk
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 345
Lingala
Pronunciation
Letter
nk (upper case Nk)
- A letter of the Lingala alphabet, written in the Latin script.
