bḥs

See also: BHS, and bh's

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɛhɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: behes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive or intransitive) to hunt [New Kingdom]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
bḥs	bḥsw, bḥs	bḥst	bḥs	bḥs

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	bḥs.n	bḥsw, bḥs	consecutive	bḥs.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	bḥst
perfective3	bḥs	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	bḥs.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	bḥs	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	bḥs	bḥss	potentialis1	bḥs.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	bḥs	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	bḥs.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	bḥs	active + .tj1, .tw2	bḥs	bḥs, bḥsw5, bḥsy5
imperfective	bḥs, bḥsy, bḥsw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	bḥs, bḥsj6, bḥsy6	bḥs, bḥsw5
prospective	bḥs, bḥstj7	—	bḥstj4, bḥst4
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 bḥs  

bḥs	bḥs	bḥs

Noun

 m

1. Alternative form of bḥz (“calf”)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 469.13–469.17
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 84