fḫ

See also: FH and fH

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /fɛx/
- Conventional anglicization: fekh

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to give up or lose (something)
(intransitive) to depart

Inflection

Conjugation of fḫ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: fḫ, geminated stem: fḫḫ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
fḫ	fḫw, fḫ	fḫt	fḫ, j.fḫ	fḫ, j.fḫ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	fḫ.n	fḫw, fḫ	consecutive	fḫ.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	fḫ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	fḫt
perfective³	fḫ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	fḫ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	fḫ, j.fḫ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	fḫ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	fḫ	fḫḫ	potentialis¹	fḫ.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	fḫ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	fḫ, j.fḫ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	fḫ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	fḫ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	fḫ	fḫḫ, fḫḫj⁶, fḫ², fḫw^{2 5}, fḫy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.fḫ¹, fḫ, fḫy, fḫw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.fḫ¹, j.fḫw^{1 5}, fḫ, fḫj⁶, fḫy⁶	fḫ, fḫw⁵
prospective	fḫ, fḫtj⁷	—	fḫtj⁴, fḫt⁴

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.

Derived terms

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 346.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 98