mꜥq

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑːk/
  • Conventional anglicization: maq

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to roast on a skewer

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
mꜥq	mꜥqw, mꜥq	mꜥqt	mꜥq	mꜥq

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	mꜥq.n	mꜥqw, mꜥq	consecutive	mꜥq.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	mꜥqt
perfective3	mꜥq	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	mꜥq.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	mꜥq	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	mꜥq	mꜥqq	potentialis1	mꜥq.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	mꜥq	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	mꜥq.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	mꜥq	active + .tj1, .tw2	mꜥq	mꜥq, mꜥqw5, mꜥqy5
imperfective	mꜥq, mꜥqy, mꜥqw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	mꜥq, mꜥqj6, mꜥqy6	mꜥq, mꜥqw5
prospective	mꜥq, mꜥqtj7	—	mꜥqtj4, mꜥqt4
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.

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 269.