ḫtḫt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb



 4-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to reverse, to undo or turn back

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫtḫt (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ḫtḫt
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḫtḫt
ḫtḫtw, ḫtḫt
ḫtḫtt
ḫtḫt
ḫtḫt
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḫtḫt
ḥr ḫtḫt
m ḫtḫt
r ḫtḫt
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect ḫtḫt.n
consecutive ḫtḫt.jn
terminative ḫtḫtt
perfective3 ḫtḫt
obligative1 ḫtḫt.ḫr
imperfective ḫtḫt
prospective3 ḫtḫtw, ḫtḫt
potentialis1 ḫtḫt.kꜣ
subjunctive ḫtḫt
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect ḫtḫt.n
perfective ḫtḫt
ḫtḫt
ḫtḫt, ḫtḫtw5, ḫtḫty5
imperfective ḫtḫt, ḫtḫty, ḫtḫtw5
ḫtḫt, ḫtḫtj6, ḫtḫty6
ḫtḫt, ḫtḫtw5
prospective ḫtḫt, ḫtḫttj7
ḫtḫtwtj1 4, ḫtḫttj4, ḫtḫtt4

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.

Alternative forms

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 241.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 122