bꜣk

Egyptian

FWOTD – 19 May 2021

Pronunciation

 
  • (noun): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈbaːʀak//ˈbaːʀak//ˈbaːʔək//ˈβoːʔək/

Verb


 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to work (+ m: on (something); + n: for (someone))
  2. (intransitive) to render service
  3. (intransitive) to pay taxes
  4. (transitive) to produce or improve, to work

Inflection

Conjugation of bꜣk (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: bꜣk, geminated stem: bꜣkk
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
bꜣk
bꜣkw, bꜣk
bꜣkt
bꜣk
bꜣk
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
bꜣk
ḥr bꜣk
m bꜣk
r bꜣk
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect bꜣk.n
bꜣkw, bꜣk
consecutive bꜣk.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative bꜣkt
perfective3 bꜣk
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 bꜣk.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective bꜣk
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 bꜣk
bꜣkk
potentialis1 bꜣk.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive bꜣk
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect bꜣk.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective bꜣk
active + .tj1, .tw2
bꜣk
bꜣk, bꜣkw5, bꜣky5
imperfective bꜣk, bꜣky, bꜣkw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
bꜣk, bꜣkj6, bꜣky6
bꜣk, bꜣkw5
prospective bꜣk, bꜣktj7
bꜣktj4, bꜣkt4

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.

Derived terms

Noun


 m

  1. (male) servant

Inflection

Declension of bꜣk (masculine)
singular bꜣk
dual bꜣkwj
plural bꜣkw

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic: (bk)

References

  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 41
  1. ^ Osing, Jürgen (1976) Die Nominalbildung des Ägyptischen, Mainz/Rhein: von Zabern, →ISBN, pages 213, 394, 751