ẖkr

See also: hkr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛkɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheker

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) adorned or decorated

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ẖkr ẖkrw, ẖkr ẖkrt ẖkr ẖkr ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ẖkr ḥr ẖkr m ẖkr r ẖkr suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ẖkr.n consecutive ẖkr.jn terminative ẖkrt perfective3 ẖkr obligative1 ẖkr.ḫr imperfective ẖkr prospective3 ẖkr potentialis1 ẖkr.kꜣ subjunctive ẖkr verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ẖkr.n — — perfective ẖkr ẖkr ẖkr, ẖkrw5, ẖkry5 imperfective ẖkr, ẖkry, ẖkrw5 ẖkr, ẖkrj6, ẖkry6 ẖkr, ẖkrw5 prospective ẖkr, ẖkrtj7 ẖkrtj4, ẖkrt4 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 ẖkr  

škr	ẖkr
[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]

Derived terms

• ẖkr
• sẖkr
• ẖkrw

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲱⲕ (xōk)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϧⲱⲕ (xōk)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲱⲱⲕ (hōōk), ϩⲱⲕ (hōk)

Noun

 m

1. adornment, decoration

Inflection

Declension of ẖkr (masculine)

singular	ẖkr
dual	ẖkrwj
plural	ẖkrw

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 401.2–401.5, 401.15–402.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 205