ꜣsḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑsɛx/
  • Conventional anglicization: asekh

Verb

 3-lit.

1. Alternative spelling of ꜣzḫ (“to reap, to harvest”)

Conjugation

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜣsḫ ꜣsḫw, ꜣsḫ ꜣsḫt ꜣsḫ ꜣsḫ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜣsḫ ḥr ꜣsḫ m ꜣsḫ r ꜣsḫ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ꜣsḫ.n ꜣsḫw, ꜣsḫ consecutive ꜣsḫ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ꜣsḫt perfective3 ꜣsḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ꜣsḫ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ꜣsḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ꜣsḫ ꜣsḫḫ potentialis1 ꜣsḫ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ꜣsḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ꜣsḫ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ꜣsḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜣsḫ ꜣsḫ, ꜣsḫw5, ꜣsḫy5 imperfective ꜣsḫ, ꜣsḫy, ꜣsḫw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ꜣsḫ, ꜣsḫj6, ꜣsḫy6 ꜣsḫ, ꜣsḫw5 prospective ꜣsḫ, ꜣsḫtj7 — ꜣsḫtj4, ꜣsḫt4 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.

Noun

 m

1. Alternative spelling of ꜣzḫ (“sickle”)

Declension

Declension of ꜣsḫ (masculine)

singular	ꜣsḫ
dual	ꜣsḫwj
plural	ꜣsḫw