ḥqꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛkɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: heqa

Noun

 m

1. ruler
   1. king
   2. governor, administrator

Inflection

Declension of ḥqꜣ (masculine)

singular	ḥqꜣ
dual	ḥqꜣwj
plural	ḥqꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥqꜣ  

ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣ
	of a pharaoh or god	of a pharaoh or god	of a pharaoh or god

Derived terms

• ḥqꜣ-jmꜣḫ
• ḥqꜣ-jmj-pr
• ḥqꜣ-ḥwt
• ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst
• twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to rule, govern

Inflection

Conjugation of ḥqꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥqꜣ, geminated stem: ḥqꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḥqꜣ ḥqꜣw, ḥqꜣ ḥqꜣt ḥqꜣ ḥqꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḥqꜣ ḥr ḥqꜣ m ḥqꜣ r ḥqꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḥqꜣ.n ḥqꜣw, ḥqꜣ consecutive ḥqꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḥqꜣt perfective3 ḥqꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḥqꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḥqꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḥqꜣ ḥqꜣꜣ potentialis1 ḥqꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḥqꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḥqꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḥqꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 ḥqꜣ ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣw5, ḥqꜣy5 imperfective ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣy, ḥqꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣj6, ḥqꜣy6 ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣw5 prospective ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣtj7 — ḥqꜣtj4, ḥqꜣt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥqꜣ  

ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣ

Derived terms

• sḥqꜣ

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (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 269.