ḫꜣ

See also: ḥꜣ and hꜣ

Egyptian

**Egyptian numbers ^(edit)**
← 100	← 200	𓆼 1,000	10,000 →	1,000,000 (10⁶) →
		100
Cardinal: ḫꜣ Ordinal: mḥ-ḫꜣ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /χaʀ/ → /χaʀ/ → /χaʔ/ → /χaʔ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: kha

Numeral

one thousand
(by extension) herd

Inflection

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḫꜣ	—

Derived terms

ḥꜣt ḫꜣ (“shepherd”)
ḫꜣw (“thousands, a multitude”)
ḫꜣ-tꜣ (“a decaroura, a measure of area equivalent to 2.76 hectares.”)

Descendants

Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲟ (xo)
Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲟ (šo)
Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲁ (ša)
Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲟ (šo)
Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲟ (šo)

Etymology 2

Noun

m

government office

Inflection

Declension of ḫꜣ (masculine)
singular	ḫꜣ
dual	ḫꜣwj
plural	ḫꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫꜣ

ḫꜣ

ḫ

ḫꜣ

Etymology 3

Verb

2-lit.

(intransitive) to be young
(intransitive) to be small

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫꜣ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḫꜣ, geminated stem: ḫꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ḫꜣ	ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ	ḫꜣt	ḫꜣ, j.ḫꜣ	ḫꜣ, j.ḫꜣ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
ḫꜣ	ḥr ḫꜣ	m ḫꜣ	r ḫꜣ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
aspect / mood	active	aspect / mood	active
perfect	ḫꜣ.n	consecutive	ḫꜣ.jn
terminative	ḫꜣt	consecutive	ḫꜣ.jn
perfective³	ḫꜣ	obligative¹	ḫꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	ḫꜣ, j.ḫꜣ¹	obligative¹	ḫꜣ.ḫr
prospective³	ḫꜣ	potentialis¹	ḫꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	ḫꜣ, j.ḫꜣ¹	potentialis¹	ḫꜣ.kꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	ḫꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	ḫꜣ	ḫꜣ	ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣj⁶, ḫꜣ², ḫꜣw^{2 5}, ḫꜣy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.ḫꜣ¹, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy, ḫꜣw⁵	j.ḫꜣ¹, j.ḫꜣw^{1 5}, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣj⁶, ḫꜣy⁶	ḫꜣ, ḫꜣw⁵
prospective	ḫꜣ, ḫꜣtj⁷	ḫꜣtj⁴, ḫꜣt⁴

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.

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 102.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41

[1] Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41

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