ptḥ

See also: PTH

Egyptian

    Pronunciation

     
    • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /piˈtaħ//piˈtaħ//pəˈtaħ//pəˈtaħ/

    Proper noun


     m

    1. Ptah, creator god and patron of craftsmen, worshipped at Memphis

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Arabic: بتاح
    • Coptic: ⲡⲧⲁϩ (ptah)
    • English: Ptah
    • French: Ptah
    • Greek: Φθάς (Fthás)
    • German: Ptah
    • Italian: Ptah
    • Latin: Phthas
    • Polish: Ptah
    • Russian: Пта (Pta)
    • Spanish: Ptah

    Verb


     3-lit.

    1. (transitive) to make, to form, to create

    Inflection

    Conjugation of ptḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ptḥ, geminated stem: ptḥḥ
    infinitival forms imperative
    infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
    ptḥ
    ptḥw, ptḥ
    ptḥt
    ptḥ
    ptḥ
    ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
    stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
    ptḥ
    ḥr ptḥ
    m ptḥ
    r ptḥ
    suffix conjugation
    aspect / mood active passive contingent
    aspect / mood active passive
    perfect ptḥ.n
    ptḥw, ptḥ
    consecutive ptḥ.jn
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    terminative ptḥt
    perfective3 ptḥ
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    obligative1 ptḥ.ḫr
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    imperfective ptḥ
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    prospective3 ptḥ
    ptḥḥ
    potentialis1 ptḥ.kꜣ
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    subjunctive ptḥ
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    verbal adjectives
    aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
    active passive active passive
    perfect ptḥ.n
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    perfective ptḥ
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    ptḥ
    ptḥ, ptḥw5, ptḥy5
    imperfective ptḥ, ptḥy, ptḥw5
    active + .tj1, .tw2
    ptḥ, ptḥj6, ptḥy6
    ptḥ, ptḥw5
    prospective ptḥ, ptḥtj7
    ptḥtj4, ptḥt4

    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

    1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 34