ḥꜥj

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hj"

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɑːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: hai

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) excited or active
2. (intransitive) to be(come) happy; to rejoice

Inflection

Conjugation of ḥꜥj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḥꜥ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḥꜥt, ḥꜥj ḥꜥw, ḥꜥ ḥꜥt, ḥꜥwt, ḥꜥyt ḥꜥ ḥꜥ, ḥꜥy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḥꜥ8 ḥr ḥꜥt, ḥr ḥꜥj m ḥꜥt, m ḥꜥj r ḥꜥt, r ḥꜥj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ḥꜥ.n consecutive ḥꜥ.jn terminative ḥꜥt, ḥꜥyt perfective3 ḥꜥ obligative1 ḥꜥ.ḫr imperfective ḥꜥ, ḥꜥy prospective3 ḥꜥw, ḥꜥ, ḥꜥy potentialis1 ḥꜥ.kꜣ subjunctive ḥꜥ, ḥꜥy verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ḥꜥ.n — — perfective ḥꜥw1, ḥꜥy, ḥꜥ ḥꜥ ḥꜥy, ḥꜥ imperfective ḥꜥ, ḥꜥy, ḥꜥw5 ḥꜥ, ḥꜥj6, ḥꜥy6 ḥꜥ, ḥꜥw5 prospective ḥꜥw1, ḥꜥy, ḥꜥ, ḥꜥtj7 ḥꜥwtj1 4, ḥꜥtj4, ḥꜥt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥꜥj  

ḥꜥj

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 200–201, 213.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146