ḫꜣj

See also: hꜣj and ḥꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to measure
  2. (transitive) to examine (a person or organ) medically

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḫꜣ, geminated stem: ḫꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḫꜣt, ḫꜣj
ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ
ḫꜣt, ḫꜣwt, ḫꜣyt
ḫꜣ
ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḫꜣ8, ḫꜣꜣ8
ḥr ḫꜣt, ḥr ḫꜣj
m ḫꜣt, m ḫꜣj
r ḫꜣt, r ḫꜣj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḫꜣ.n
ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
consecutive ḫꜣ.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḫꜣt, ḫꜣyt
perfective3 ḫꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 ḫꜣ.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
potentialis1 ḫꜣ.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḫꜣ.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective ḫꜣw1, ḫꜣy, ḫꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḫꜣ
ḫꜣy, ḫꜣ
imperfective ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣy, ḫꜣꜣw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣj6, ḫꜣꜣy6
ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣw5
prospective ḫꜣw1, ḫꜣy, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣtj7
ḫꜣwtj1 4, 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.
8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

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Derived terms

References

  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 309.