tḫtḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb




 4-lit.

  1. (transitive) to confuse, to confound, to disorder (words, thoughts, reckoning of time, enemies, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to disorder, to mess up (hair)
  3. (transitive) to crumple (papers) [Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Conjugation of tḫtḫ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: tḫtḫ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
tḫtḫ
tḫtḫw, tḫtḫ
tḫtḫt
tḫtḫ
tḫtḫ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
tḫtḫ
ḥr tḫtḫ
m tḫtḫ
r tḫtḫ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect tḫtḫ.n
tḫtḫw, tḫtḫ
consecutive tḫtḫ.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative tḫtḫt
perfective3 tḫtḫ
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 tḫtḫ.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective tḫtḫ
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 tḫtḫw, tḫtḫ
tḫtḫw, tḫtḫ
potentialis1 tḫtḫ.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive tḫtḫ
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect tḫtḫ.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective tḫtḫ
active + .tj1, .tw2
tḫtḫ
tḫtḫ, tḫtḫw5, tḫtḫy5
imperfective tḫtḫ, tḫtḫy, tḫtḫw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
tḫtḫ, tḫtḫj6, tḫtḫy6
tḫtḫ, tḫtḫw5
prospective tḫtḫ, tḫtḫtj7
tḫtḫwtj1 4, tḫtḫtj4, tḫtḫt4

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

Descendants

  • Demotic: tẖtẖ

Noun



 m

  1. confusion, disorder

Alternative forms

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