ꜥḥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːh/
- Conventional anglicization: ah

Noun

m./f. topo.

palace; building housing the king or his administration
Synonym: pr-nswt
temple (as the palace of a god)
Synonym: pr-nswt

― ꜥḥ ntr(j) ― divine temple
celestial dwelling of a god

Inflection

Declension of ꜥḥ (masculine)
singular	ꜥḥ
dual	ꜥḥwj
plural	ꜥḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥḥ

ꜥḥ

jḥ

[Old Kingdom]

[Middle Kingdom]

Derived terms

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to snare; to capture (game) with a net or rope
(transitive, figuratively) to capture or seize (enemies, body parts, etc.)
(transitive, figuratively) to enclose (someone with one’s arms, a settlement with a ditch, etc.)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ꜥḥ	ꜥḥw, ꜥḥ	ꜥḥt	ꜥḥ, j.ꜥḥ	ꜥḥ, j.ꜥḥ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ꜥḥ.n	ꜥḥw, ꜥḥ	consecutive	ꜥḥ.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	ꜥḥ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	ꜥḥt
perfective³	ꜥḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	ꜥḥ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	ꜥḥ, j.ꜥḥ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	ꜥḥ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	ꜥḥ	ꜥḥḥ	potentialis¹	ꜥḥ.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	ꜥḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	ꜥḥ, j.ꜥḥ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ꜥḥ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	ꜥḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ꜥḥ	ꜥḥḥ, ꜥḥḥj⁶, ꜥḥ², ꜥḥw^{2 5}, ꜥḥy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.ꜥḥ¹, ꜥḥ, ꜥḥy, ꜥḥw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.ꜥḥ¹, j.ꜥḥw^{1 5}, ꜥḥ, ꜥḥj⁶, ꜥḥy⁶	ꜥḥ, ꜥḥw⁵
prospective	ꜥḥ, ꜥḥtj⁷	—	ꜥḥtj⁴, ꜥḥt⁴

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

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥḥ

jḥ

ꜥḥ

[Middle and New Kingdoms]

[18th Dynasty]

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to wipe off, to wipe away (moisture, tears, dirt, etc.)
(transitive) to dry off after a bath

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ꜥḥ	ꜥḥw, ꜥḥ	ꜥḥt	ꜥḥ, j.ꜥḥ	ꜥḥ, j.ꜥḥ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ꜥḥ.n	ꜥḥw, ꜥḥ	consecutive	ꜥḥ.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	ꜥḥ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	ꜥḥt
perfective³	ꜥḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	ꜥḥ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	ꜥḥ, j.ꜥḥ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	ꜥḥ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	ꜥḥ	ꜥḥḥ	potentialis¹	ꜥḥ.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	ꜥḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	ꜥḥ, j.ꜥḥ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ꜥḥ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	ꜥḥ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ꜥḥ	ꜥḥḥ, ꜥḥḥj⁶, ꜥḥ², ꜥḥw^{2 5}, ꜥḥy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.ꜥḥ¹, ꜥḥ, ꜥḥy, ꜥḥw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.ꜥḥ¹, j.ꜥḥw^{1 5}, ꜥḥ, ꜥḥj⁶, ꜥḥy⁶	ꜥḥ, ꜥḥw⁵
prospective	ꜥḥ, ꜥḥtj⁷	—	ꜥḥtj⁴, ꜥḥt⁴

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

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥḥ

jḥ

[New Kingdom]

Derived terms

ꜥḥ-rmyt

Noun

m

rope, cord (of a net or ferry) [Pyramid Texts and Book of the Dead]

Inflection

Declension of ꜥḥ (masculine)
singular	ꜥḥ
dual	ꜥḥwj
plural	ꜥḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥḥ

jḥ

[Book of the Dead]

References

“ꜥḥ (lemma ID 39850)”, “ꜥḥ (lemma ID 39820)”, “ꜥḥ (lemma ID 39830)”, and “ꜥḥ (lemma ID 39810)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 213.15–213.19, 214.2–214.3, 214.10–214.21
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 46
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 135, 181.