zẖꜣ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ziˈçiʀ/ → /siˈçiʀ/ → /səˈçej/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɛçɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: zekha
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to write
- (transitive) to paint
Inflection
Conjugation of zẖꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: zẖꜣ, geminated stem: zẖꜣꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
zẖꜣ | zẖꜣw, zẖꜣ | zẖꜣt | zẖꜣ | zẖꜣ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
zẖꜣ | ḥr zẖꜣ | m zẖꜣ | r zẖꜣ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | zẖꜣ.n | zẖꜣw, zẖꜣ | consecutive | zẖꜣ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | zẖꜣt | ||||
perfective3 | zẖꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | zẖꜣ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | zẖꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | zẖꜣ | zẖꜣꜣ | potentialis | zẖꜣ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | zẖꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | zẖꜣ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | zẖꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | zẖꜣ | zẖꜣ, zẖꜣw5, zẖꜣy5 |
imperfective | zẖꜣ, zẖꜣy, zẖꜣw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | zẖꜣ, zẖꜣj6, zẖꜣy6 | zẖꜣ, zẖꜣw5 |
prospective | zẖꜣ, zẖꜣtj7 | — | zẖꜣtj4, zẖꜣt4 | |
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Derived terms
- zẖꜣw (“scribe”)
Descendants
- Demotic: sẖ
- Coptic: ⲥϧⲁⲓ (sxai)
Noun
m
- (usually in the plural) writing, record
Inflection
Declension of zẖꜣ (masculine)
singular | zẖꜣ |
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dual | zẖꜣwj |
plural | zẖꜣw |
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 139, 182, 277 page 88, 139, 182, 277.
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 46