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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to butcher, to slaughter
Inflection
Conjugation of rḫs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: rḫs, geminated stem: rḫss
| 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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rḫs
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rḫsw, rḫs
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rḫst
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rḫs
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rḫs
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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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rḫs
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ḥr rḫs
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m rḫs
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r rḫs
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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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rḫs.n
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rḫsw, rḫs
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consecutive
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rḫs.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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rḫst
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| perfective3
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rḫs
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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rḫs.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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rḫs
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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rḫs
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rḫss
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potentialis1
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rḫs.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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rḫs
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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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rḫs.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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rḫs
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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rḫs
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rḫs, rḫsw5, rḫsy5
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| imperfective
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rḫs, rḫsy, rḫsw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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rḫs, rḫsj6, rḫsy6
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rḫs, rḫsw5
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| prospective
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rḫs, rḫstj7
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—
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rḫstj4, rḫst4
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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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References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 150.
