grḥ

See also: grH and grh

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛrɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: gereh

Noun

 m

1. end, ending

Inflection

Declension of grḥ (masculine)

singular	grḥ
dual	grḥwj
plural	grḥw

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) be quiet, be peaceful

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural grḥ grḥw, grḥ grḥt grḥ grḥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 grḥ ḥr grḥ m grḥ r grḥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect grḥ.n grḥw, grḥ consecutive grḥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative grḥt perfective3 grḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 grḥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective grḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 grḥ grḥḥ potentialis1 grḥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive grḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect grḥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective grḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 grḥ grḥ, grḥw5, grḥy5 imperfective grḥ, grḥy, grḥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 grḥ, grḥj6, grḥy6 grḥ, grḥw5 prospective grḥ, grḥtj7 — grḥtj4, grḥt4 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

• sgrḥ

(quiet down, make calm, pacify)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaːɾaħ/ → /ˈkʼaːɾaħ/ → /ˈkʼaːɾəħ/ → /ˈkʼoːɾəħ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaːɾaħ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaːɾaħ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaːɾəħ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼoːɾəħ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛrɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: gereh

Noun

 m

1. night
   • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 11:

     jt.k grḥ jnt.k hrw

     May you take away the night; may you bring the day.

Inflection

Declension of grḥ (masculine)

singular	grḥ
dual	grḥwj
plural	grḥw

Antonyms

• hrw
• rꜥ

Descendants

• Demotic: grḥ
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲉϫⲱⲣϩ (ečōrh), ϫⲱⲣϩ (čōrh)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϭⲱⲣϩ (cōrh)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ϭⲱⲣϩ (cōrh)
  • Old Coptic: ϫⲱⲣϩ (čōrh)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲱⲣϩ (cōrh), ϭⲱⲣⲁϩ (cōrah)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 84, 107.
• Leprohon, Ronald J. (2013) The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary‎^[1], SBL Press, →ISBN