ḫꜣ

See also: ḥꜣ and hꜣ

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

←  100	←  200	𓆼 1,000	10,000  →	1,000,000 (106)  →
		100
Cardinal: ḫꜣ     Ordinal: mḥ-ḫꜣ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /χaʀ/ → /χaʀ/ → /χaʔ/ → /χaʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaʀ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaʀ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /χaʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: kha

Numeral

1. one thousand
2. (by extension) herd

Inflection

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḫꜣ	—

Derived terms

• ḥꜣt ḫꜣ (“shepherd”)
• ḫꜣw (“thousands, a multitude”)
• ḫꜣ-tꜣ (“a decaroura, a measure of area equivalent to 2.76 hectares.”)

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲟ (xo)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲟ (šo)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲁ (ša)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲟ (šo)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲟ (šo)

Etymology 2

Noun

 m

1. government office

Inflection

Declension of ḫꜣ (masculine)

singular	ḫꜣ
dual	ḫꜣwj
plural	ḫꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫꜣ  

ḫꜣ	ḫ	ḫꜣ	ḫꜣ	ḫꜣ	ḫꜣ

Etymology 3

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be young
2. (intransitive) to be small

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫꜣ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḫꜣ, geminated stem: ḫꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫꜣ ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ ḫꜣt ḫꜣ, j.ḫꜣ ḫꜣ, j.ḫꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫꜣ ḥr ḫꜣ m ḫꜣ r ḫꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ḫꜣ.n consecutive ḫꜣ.jn terminative ḫꜣt perfective3 ḫꜣ obligative1 ḫꜣ.ḫr imperfective ḫꜣ, j.ḫꜣ1 prospective3 ḫꜣ potentialis1 ḫꜣ.kꜣ subjunctive ḫꜣ, j.ḫꜣ1 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ḫꜣ.n — — perfective ḫꜣ ḫꜣ ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣj6, ḫꜣ2, ḫꜣw2 5, ḫꜣy2 5 imperfective j.ḫꜣ1, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy, ḫꜣw5 j.ḫꜣ1, j.ḫꜣw1 5, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣj6, ḫꜣy6 ḫꜣ, ḫꜣw5 prospective ḫꜣ, ḫꜣtj7 ḫꜣtj4, ḫꜣt4 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.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 102.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN