jꜣq

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑk/
  • Conventional anglicization: iaq

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to climb up, to ascend (+ r: to; + ḥr: on, by means of (a ladder)) [Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural jꜣq jꜣqw, jꜣq jꜣqt jꜣq jꜣq ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 jꜣq ḥr jꜣq m jꜣq r jꜣq suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect jꜣq.n consecutive jꜣq.jn terminative jꜣqt perfective3 jꜣq obligative1 jꜣq.ḫr imperfective jꜣq prospective3 jꜣq potentialis1 jꜣq.kꜣ subjunctive jꜣq verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect jꜣq.n — — perfective jꜣq jꜣq jꜣq, jꜣqw5, jꜣqy5 imperfective jꜣq, jꜣqy, jꜣqw5 jꜣq, jꜣqj6, jꜣqy6 jꜣq, jꜣqw5 prospective jꜣq, jꜣqtj7 jꜣqtj4, jꜣqt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣq  

jꜣq	ꜣq

Derived terms

• mꜣqt

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive, hapax) to leap

Usage notes

The reading of this word is uncertain.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 33.15–33.18
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9