ꜣzḫ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb:
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʀaːzaχ/ → /ˈʀaːsaχ/ → /ˈʔoːsəχ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑzɛx/
- Conventional anglicization: azekh
Verb
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3-lit.
- (intransitive) to harvest or reap grain with a sickle
- reign of Nyuserre, c. 2400 BCE, Tomb of Urarna, west wall (south of the entrance), fourth register, captions above two pairs of reapers:[1] Reaping scene in the Tomb of Urarna, west wall (south of the entrance), fourth register, showing the captions cited.
- ꜣzḫ jn ḥmw-nswt ꜣzḫ jn jzwt nḏs
- Reaping by the servants of the king. Reaping by the small work-gang.
- reign of Nyuserre, c. 2400 BCE, Tomb of Urarna, west wall (south of the entrance), fourth register, captions above two pairs of reapers:[1]
- (transitive) to harvest or reap with a sickle
Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣzḫ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ꜣzḫ, geminated stem: ꜣzḫḫ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ꜣzḫ | ꜣzḫw, ꜣzḫ | ꜣzḫt | ꜣzḫ | ꜣzḫ |
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ꜣzḫ | ḥr ꜣzḫ | m ꜣzḫ | r ꜣzḫ |
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ꜣzḫ.n | ꜣzḫw, ꜣzḫ | consecutive | ꜣzḫ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ꜣzḫt | ||||
perfective3 | ꜣzḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | ꜣzḫ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ꜣzḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ꜣzḫ | ꜣzḫḫ | potentialis1 | ꜣzḫ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ꜣzḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ꜣzḫ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | ꜣzḫ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ꜣzḫ | ꜣzḫ, ꜣzḫw5, ꜣzḫy5 |
imperfective | ꜣzḫ, ꜣzḫy, ꜣzḫw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ꜣzḫ, ꜣzḫj6, ꜣzḫy6 | ꜣzḫ, ꜣzḫw5 |
prospective | ꜣzḫ, ꜣzḫtj7 | — | ꜣzḫtj4, ꜣzḫt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣzḫ
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ꜣzḫ | ꜣzḫ | jsḫw | ꜣzḫ | ꜣsḫ | ꜣsḫ | ꜣzḫ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[Old Kingdom] | [Coffin Texts] | [New Kingdom] |
Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲱⲥⳉ (ōsx)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲱⲥϧ (ōsx)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲱϩⲥ (ōhs)
Noun
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m
- harvest, yield, what has been reaped
Inflection
Declension of ꜣzḫ (masculine)
singular | ꜣzḫ |
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dual | ꜣzḫwj |
plural | ꜣzḫw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣzḫ
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ꜣzḫ | ꜣzḫ | |||||||||
[Old Kingdom] | [Greco-Roman Period] |
Noun
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m
- sickle [20th Dynasty]
Inflection
Declension of ꜣzḫ (masculine)
singular | ꜣzḫ |
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dual | ꜣzḫwj |
plural | ꜣzḫw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣzḫ
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jsḫ | ꜣsḫ |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 19.15–19.18
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5–6
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 275.
- Davies, N. de G. (1901) The Rock Tombs of Sheikh Saïd, plate 16