tḫj
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtiːχit/ → /ˈtiːχiʔ/ → /ˈtiːχə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛxi/
- Conventional anglicization: tekhi
Verb
3ae inf.
- (intransitive) to get drunk [since the Old Kingdom]
Inflection
Conjugation of tḫj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: tḫ, geminated stem: tḫḫ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
tḫt, tḫj | tḫw, tḫ | tḫt, tḫwt, tḫyt | tḫ | tḫ, tḫy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
tḫ8, tḫḫ8 | ḥr tḫt, ḥr tḫj | m tḫt, m tḫj | r tḫt, r tḫj |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | tḫ.n | consecutive | tḫ.jn |
terminative | tḫt, tḫyt | ||
perfective3 | tḫ | obligative1 | tḫ.ḫr |
imperfective | tḫ, tḫy | ||
prospective3 | tḫw, tḫ, tḫy | potentialis1 | tḫ.kꜣ |
subjunctive | tḫ, tḫy |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | tḫ.n | — | — |
perfective | tḫw1, tḫy, tḫ | tḫ | tḫy, tḫ |
imperfective | tḫḫ, tḫḫy, tḫḫw5 | tḫḫ, tḫḫj6, tḫḫy6 | tḫḫ, tḫḫw5 |
prospective | tḫw1, tḫy, tḫ, tḫtj7 | tḫwtj1 4, tḫtj4, tḫt4 | |
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Derived terms
- tḫ
- tḫw
- tḫt
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲓϧⲓ (thixi)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϯϩⲉ (tihe)
Etymology 2
A nominalized nisba adjective, formed from tḫ (“plumb bob”) + -j (“nisba ending”), thus literally ‘(the one) of the plumb bob’, an epithet of Thoth.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛxi/
- Conventional anglicization: tekhi
Proper noun
m
- The month of Thoth
See also
- (Middle Kingdom (Memphite) Egyptian calendar months) tḫj, mnḫt, ẖnt ḥwt-ḥr, nḥb-kꜣw, šf-bdt, rkḥ-ꜥꜣ, rkḥ-nḏs, rnn-wtt, ḫnsw, ḫnt-ẖty-prtj, jpt ḥmt, wp-rnpt
- (New Kingdom (Theban) Egyptian calendar months) ḏḥwtj, pꜣ-n-jpt, ḥwt-ḥr, kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ, tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt, pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw, pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp, pꜣ-n-rnn-wtt, pꜣ-n-ḫnsw, pꜣ-n-jnt, jpj-jpj, mswt-rꜥ (Category: egy:Egyptian calendar months)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 108.
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 323