ꜥḥꜥ

Egyptian

FWOTD – 17 February 2015

Pronunciation

 

• (verb): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʕaːħaʕ/ → /ˈʕaːħaʕ/ → /ˈʕaːħəʕ/ → /ˈʕoːħəʕ/

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːhɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: aha

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to stand up (+ r: to rise up against)
2. (intransitive) to be(come) present, to be in attendance
3. (intransitive) to be(come) steadfast
4. (intransitive, with n or ḥr, Late Egyptian) to wait for (someone or something)
5. (intransitive, with n or ḥr, Late Egyptian) to lack, to be missing (something), to need

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ꜥḥꜥ	ꜥḥꜥw, ꜥḥꜥ	ꜥḥꜥt	ꜥḥꜥ	ꜥḥꜥ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ꜥḥꜥ	ḥr ꜥḥꜥ	m ꜥḥꜥ	r ꜥḥꜥ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	ꜥḥꜥ.n	consecutive	ꜥḥꜥ.jn
terminative	ꜥḥꜥt
perfective3	ꜥḥꜥ	obligative1	ꜥḥꜥ.ḫr
imperfective	ꜥḥꜥ
prospective3	ꜥḥꜥ	potentialis1	ꜥḥꜥ.kꜣ
subjunctive	ꜥḥꜥ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	ꜥḥꜥ.n	—	—
perfective	ꜥḥꜥ	ꜥḥꜥ	ꜥḥꜥ, ꜥḥꜥw5, ꜥḥꜥy5
imperfective	ꜥḥꜥ, ꜥḥꜥy, ꜥḥꜥw5	ꜥḥꜥ, ꜥḥꜥj6, ꜥḥꜥy6	ꜥḥꜥ, ꜥḥꜥw5
prospective	ꜥḥꜥ, ꜥḥꜥtj7	ꜥḥꜥtj4, ꜥḥꜥt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥḥꜥ  

ꜥḥꜥ

Derived terms

• sꜥḥꜥ
• ꜥḥꜥw
• ꜥḥꜥ.n

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲱϩⲉ (ōhe)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲟϩⲓ (ohi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲱϩⲓ (ōhi), ⲁϩⲓ (ahi)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲱϩⲉ (ōhe)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲱϩⲉ (ōhe), ⲟϩⲉ (ohe)

Noun

 m

1. stela
   • Early Middle Kingdom, Stela of Inher-hotep, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, ÄS 90:

     […] jn sꜣ.sn mr.sn šmsw.sn sꜥnḫ rnw.sn ḥr ꜥḥꜥ pn […]

     […] by their beloved eldest son, who makes their names live on before this stela […]

Inflection

Declension of ꜥḥꜥ (masculine)

singular	ꜥḥꜥ
dual	ꜥḥꜥwj
plural	ꜥḥꜥw

Noun

 m

1. heap, especially of riches or grain

Inflection

Declension of ꜥḥꜥ (masculine)

singular	ꜥḥꜥ
dual	ꜥḥꜥwj
plural	ꜥḥꜥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥḥꜥ  

ꜥḥꜥ	ꜥḥꜥ

Noun

 m

1. (usually in the plural) masted ship [since the Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of ꜥḥꜥ (masculine)

singular	ꜥḥꜥ
dual	ꜥḥꜥwj
plural	ꜥḥꜥw

Derived terms

• ꜥḥꜥw (“flotilla”)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 218.3–219.20, 220.4–220.6, 220.10–221.1, 221.11–221.13, 222.4–222.8
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 47
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 99, 169, 274, 313, 385, 394, 458.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 112