bkꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɛkɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: beka

Noun

 m

1. tomorrow, the next day [Pyramid Texts and New Kingdom]
2. morning [18th Dynasty and Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of bkꜣ (masculine)

singular	bkꜣ
dual	bkꜣwj
plural	bkꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bkꜣ  

bꜣkꜣ	bꜣkꜣy	bꜣkꜣ	bꜣq	bkꜣt
[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[18th Dynasty]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) pregnant

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural bkꜣ bkꜣw, bkꜣ bkꜣt bkꜣ bkꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 bkꜣ ḥr bkꜣ m bkꜣ r bkꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect bkꜣ.n consecutive bkꜣ.jn terminative bkꜣt perfective3 bkꜣ obligative1 bkꜣ.ḫr imperfective bkꜣ prospective3 bkꜣ potentialis1 bkꜣ.kꜣ subjunctive bkꜣ verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect bkꜣ.n — — perfective bkꜣ bkꜣ bkꜣ, bkꜣw5, bkꜣy5 imperfective bkꜣ, bkꜣy, bkꜣw5 bkꜣ, bkꜣj6, bkꜣy6 bkꜣ, bkꜣw5 prospective bkꜣ, bkꜣtj7 bkꜣtj4, bkꜣt4 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.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 481.1–481.11, 481.17–481.18
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 79, 85