ḫwzj
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈχiwzit/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xuːzi/
- Conventional anglicization: khuzi
Verb
4ae inf.
- (transitive) to pound
- (transitive) to build
- 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–9:[1]
- rḏj ḥm.f [s]fṯ ḫwz n[.f] jz jn jzwt nt (j)qdw
- His Majesty gave pine oil and (ordered) that a tomb be built for him by a gang of builders.
- 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–9:[1]
Inflection
Conjugation of ḫwzj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: ḫwz
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḫwzt, ḫwzj | ḫwzw, ḫwzyw, ḫwz | ḫwzt, ḫwzwt, ḫwzyt | ḫwz | ḫwz, ḫwzy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḫwz8 | ḥr ḫwzt, ḥr ḫwzj | m ḫwzt, ḥr ḫwzj | r ḫwzt, ḥr ḫwzj |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ḫwz.n | ḫwzw, ḫwz, ḫwzy | consecutive | ḫwz.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ḫwzt | ||||
perfective3 | ḫwz | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | ḫwz.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ḫwz, ḫwzy | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ḫwzw, ḫwz, ḫwzy | ḫwz | potentialis1 | ḫwz.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ḫwz, ḫwzy | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ḫwz.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | ḫwzw1, ḫwzy, ḫwz | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ḫwz | ḫwzy, ḫwz |
imperfective | ḫwz, ḫwzy, ḫwzw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ḫwz, ḫwzj6, ḫwzy6 | ḫwz, ḫwzw5 |
prospective | ḫwzw1, ḫwzy, ḫwz, ḫwztj7 | — | ḫwzwtj1 4, ḫwztj4, ḫwzt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫwzj
ḫwsj | ḫwsj |
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 295 page 36, 295.
- Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99