wḫꜣ

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See also: wḥꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

Noun

wxxAAnDsA1

 m

  1. fool
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 99–101:
      wa
      a      		 A1Z1imnbma
      k      		 AA24ib Z1
      f      		 n&xtA24a Z1
      f      		 rsnn
      nw      		 wA1Z1Z1f
      D35
      n      		 wxAAnDsA1mHr
      r      		 ibsn
      Z2
      wꜥ jm nb mꜥkꜣ jb.f nḫt ꜥ.f r snnw.f nn wḫꜣ m ḥr(j) jb.sn
      Each one of them, his mind was more observant and his arm was stronger than his fellow’s. There was no fool in their midst.

Inflection

Declension of wḫꜣ (masculine)
singular wḫꜣ
dual wḫꜣwj
plural wḫꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḫꜣ  
wxAnDsA1
wxAAnDsA1
wḫꜣ wḫꜣ

Verb

G43M12G1D54

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to seek, to look for

Inflection

Conjugation of wḫꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wḫꜣ, geminated stem: wḫꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wḫꜣ
 wḫꜣw, wḫꜣ
 wḫꜣt
 wḫꜣ
 wḫꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wḫꜣ
 ḥr wḫꜣ
 m wḫꜣ
 r wḫꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect wḫꜣ.n
 wḫꜣw, wḫꜣ
 consecutive wḫꜣ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative wḫꜣt
perfective3 wḫꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 wḫꜣ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective wḫꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 wḫꜣ
 wḫꜣꜣ
 potentialis1 wḫꜣ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive wḫꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect wḫꜣ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective wḫꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wḫꜣ
 wḫꜣ, wḫꜣw5, wḫꜣy5
imperfective wḫꜣ, wḫꜣy, wḫꜣw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wḫꜣ, wḫꜣj6, wḫꜣy6
 wḫꜣ, wḫꜣw5
prospective wḫꜣ, wḫꜣtj7
 — wḫꜣtj4, wḫꜣt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 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.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Synonyms

References

  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 131, 263.
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