wḫꜣ

See also: wḥꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːχiʀ/ → /ˈwiːχiʀ/ → /ˈwiːχə/ → /wiːχ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛxɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: wekha

Noun

m

fool
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 99–101:
  
  wꜥ jm nb mꜥkꜣ jb.f nḫt ꜥ.f r snnw.f nn wḫꜣ m ḥr(j) jb.sn
  Each one of them, his mind was more observant and his arm was stronger than his fellow’s. There was no fool in their midst.

Inflection

Declension of *wḫꜣ* (masculine)
singular	wḫꜣ
dual	wḫꜣwj
plural	wḫꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḫꜣ

wḫꜣ

Verb

3-lit.

(transitive) to seek, to look for

Inflection

Conjugation of wḫꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: wḫꜣ, geminated stem: wḫꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
wḫꜣ	wḫꜣw, wḫꜣ	wḫꜣt	wḫꜣ	wḫꜣ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wḫꜣ.n	wḫꜣw, wḫꜣ	consecutive	wḫꜣ.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	wḫꜣ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	wḫꜣt
perfective³	wḫꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	wḫꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	wḫꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	wḫꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	wḫꜣ	wḫꜣꜣ	potentialis¹	wḫꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	wḫꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	wḫꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wḫꜣ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	wḫꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	wḫꜣ	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣw⁵, wḫꜣy⁵
imperfective	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣy, wḫꜣw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣj⁶, wḫꜣy⁶	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣw⁵
prospective	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣtj⁷	—	wḫꜣtj⁴, wḫꜣt⁴

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.

Synonyms

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 131, 263.