nḫj

See also: nhj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛxi/
  • Conventional anglicization: nekhi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive or transitive) to lament (± n: to (someone))
2. (intransitive, in an adjectival predicate with suffixed -wj) to be(come) lamentable or pitiful

Inflection

Conjugation of nḫj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: nḫ, geminated stem: nḫḫ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nḫt, nḫj nḫw, nḫ nḫt, nḫwt, nḫyt nḫ nḫ, nḫy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nḫ8, nḫḫ8 ḥr nḫt, ḥr nḫj m nḫt, m nḫj r nḫt, r nḫj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect nḫ.n nḫw, nḫ, nḫy consecutive nḫ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative nḫt, nḫyt perfective3 nḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 nḫ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective nḫ, nḫy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 nḫw, nḫ, nḫy nḫw, nḫ, nḫy potentialis1 nḫ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive nḫ, nḫy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect nḫ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective nḫw1, nḫy, nḫ active + .tj1, .tw2 nḫ nḫy, nḫ imperfective nḫḫ, nḫḫy, nḫḫw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 nḫḫ, nḫḫj6, nḫḫy6 nḫḫ, nḫḫw5 prospective nḫw1, nḫy, nḫ, nḫtj7 — nḫwtj1 4, nḫtj4, nḫt4 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. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nḫj  

nḫj

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 305.11–305.14
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 137