mḥj

mḥj

See also: mhj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛħi/
  • Conventional anglicization: mehi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to be in water
2. (intransitive) to be(come) full of water, to be(come) flooded
3. (intransitive, figuratively, of the heart) to be(come) preoccupied and thus forgetful

Inflection

Conjugation of mḥj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: mḥ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
mḥt, mḥj	mḥw, mḥ	mḥt, mḥwt, mḥyt	mḥ	mḥ, mḥy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
mḥ8	ḥr mḥt, ḥr mḥj	m mḥt, m mḥj	r mḥt, r mḥj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	mḥ.n	consecutive	mḥ.jn
terminative	mḥt, mḥyt
perfective3	mḥ	obligative	mḥ.ḫr
imperfective	mḥ, mḥy
prospective3	mḥw, mḥ, mḥy	potentialis	mḥ.kꜣ
subjunctive	mḥ, mḥy

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	mḥ.n	—	—
perfective	mḥw1, mḥy, mḥ	mḥ	mḥy, mḥ
imperfective	mḥ, mḥy, mḥw5	mḥ, mḥj6, mḥy6	mḥ, mḥw5
prospective	mḥw1, mḥy, mḥ, mḥtj7	mḥwtj1 4, mḥtj4, mḥt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive with ḥr) to be concerned about or think about

Inflection

Conjugation of mḥj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: mḥ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
mḥt, mḥj	mḥw, mḥ	mḥt, mḥwt, mḥyt	mḥ	mḥ, mḥy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
mḥ8	ḥr mḥt, ḥr mḥj	m mḥt, m mḥj	r mḥt, r mḥj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	mḥ.n	consecutive	mḥ.jn
terminative	mḥt, mḥyt
perfective3	mḥ	obligative	mḥ.ḫr
imperfective	mḥ, mḥy
prospective3	mḥw, mḥ, mḥy	potentialis	mḥ.kꜣ
subjunctive	mḥ, mḥy

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	mḥ.n	—	—
perfective	mḥw1, mḥy, mḥ	mḥ	mḥy, mḥ
imperfective	mḥ, mḥy, mḥw5	mḥ, mḥj6, mḥy6	mḥ, mḥw5
prospective	mḥw1, mḥy, mḥ, mḥtj7	mḥwtj1 4, mḥtj4, mḥt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 334, 376 page 257, 334, 376.
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 122.1–122.11