ḫꜣj
See also: hꜣj and ḥꜣj
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɑi/
- Conventional anglicization: khai
Verb
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3ae inf.
- (transitive) to measure
- (transitive) to examine (a person or organ) medically
Inflection
Conjugation of ḫꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḫꜣ, geminated stem: ḫꜣꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḫꜣt, ḫꜣj | ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ | ḫꜣt, ḫꜣwt, ḫꜣyt | ḫꜣ | ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḫꜣ8, ḫꜣꜣ8 | ḥr ḫꜣt, ḥr ḫꜣj | m ḫꜣt, m ḫꜣj | r ḫꜣt, r ḫꜣj |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ḫꜣ.n | ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy | consecutive | ḫꜣ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ḫꜣt, ḫꜣyt | ||||
perfective3 | ḫꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | ḫꜣ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy | ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy | potentialis | ḫꜣ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ḫꜣ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | ḫꜣw1, ḫꜣy, ḫꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ḫꜣ | ḫꜣy, ḫꜣ |
imperfective | ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣy, ḫꜣꜣw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣj6, ḫꜣꜣy6 | ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣw5 |
prospective | ḫꜣw1, ḫꜣy, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣtj7 | — | ḫꜣwtj1 4, ḫꜣtj4, ḫꜣt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫꜣj
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ḫꜣj | ḫꜣy | ḫꜣj | ḫꜣj |
Derived terms
- ḫꜣyw (“measurements”)
References
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 309.