rḫ
See also: Rh and RH
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /rɛx/
- Conventional anglicization: rekh
Verb
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2-lit.
- (transitive) to learn, to come to know or experience
- (transitive, in the stative or perfect) to know
- (catenative, in the stative or perfect, with a verb in the infinitive) to know how to, to be able to
Usage notes
Unlike other transitive verbs, the stative of rḫ has an active meaning rather than a passive one and can have a direct object denoting what is known. When this direct object is a personal pronoun, it appears in enclitic (dependent) form.
Inflection
Conjugation of rḫ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: rḫ, geminated stem: rḫḫ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
rḫ | rḫw, rḫ | rḫt | rḫ, j.rḫ | rḫ, j.rḫ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
rḫ | ḥr rḫ | m rḫ | r rḫ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | rḫ.n | rḫw, rḫ | consecutive | rḫ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | rḫt | ||||
perfective3 | rḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | rḫ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | rḫ, j.rḫ1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | rḫ | rḫḫ | potentialis | rḫ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | rḫ, j.rḫ1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | rḫ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | rḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | rḫ | rḫḫ, rḫḫj6, rḫ2, rḫw2 5, rḫy2 5 |
imperfective | j.rḫ1, rḫ, rḫy, rḫw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | j.rḫ1, j.rḫw1 5, rḫ, rḫj6, rḫy6 | rḫ, rḫw5 |
prospective | rḫ, rḫtj7 | — | rḫtj4, rḫt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rḫ
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rḫ | rḫ |
Antonyms
- ḫm
Noun
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m
- knowledge
Noun
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m
- knowledgeable or wise man, scholar, often seen as living according to Maat (virtue/truth/cosmic order)
Inflection
Declension of rḫ (masculine)
singular | rḫ |
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dual | rḫwj |
plural | rḫw |
Antonyms
- wḫꜣ
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 192, 211, 263 page 171, 192, 211, 263.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 68, 128