ꜣẖꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑçɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: akha

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to scratch with claws or nails
2. (transitive) to carve (an inscription or picture)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜣẖꜥ ꜣẖꜥw, ꜣẖꜥ ꜣẖꜥt ꜣẖꜥ ꜣẖꜥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜣẖꜥ ḥr ꜣẖꜥ m ꜣẖꜥ r ꜣẖꜥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ꜣẖꜥ.n ꜣẖꜥw, ꜣẖꜥ consecutive ꜣẖꜥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ꜣẖꜥt perfective3 ꜣẖꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ꜣẖꜥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ꜣẖꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ꜣẖꜥ ꜣẖꜥꜥ potentialis1 ꜣẖꜥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ꜣẖꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ꜣẖꜥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ꜣẖꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜣẖꜥ ꜣẖꜥ, ꜣẖꜥw5, ꜣẖꜥy5 imperfective ꜣẖꜥ, ꜣẖꜥy, ꜣẖꜥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜣẖꜥ, ꜣẖꜥj6, ꜣẖꜥy6 ꜣẖꜥ, ꜣẖꜥw5 prospective ꜣẖꜥ, ꜣẖꜥtj7 — ꜣẖꜥtj4, ꜣẖꜥt4 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 ꜣẖꜥ  

ꜣẖꜥ	ꜣḫꜥ
	[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

• ꜣẖꜥt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 19.6–19.12
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5