wḫꜣ

wḫꜣ

See also: wḥꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

 m

1. fool
   • c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 98–101:

     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	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, 263 page 131, 263.