nẖs

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛçɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: nekhes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to become rigid or blunt^?

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nẖs nẖsw, nẖs nẖst nẖs nẖs ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nẖs ḥr nẖs m nẖs r nẖs suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect nẖs.n nẖsw, nẖs consecutive nẖs.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative nẖst perfective3 nẖs active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 nẖs.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective nẖs active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 nẖs nẖss potentialis1 nẖs.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive nẖs active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect nẖs.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective nẖs active + .tj1, .tw2 nẖs nẖs, nẖsw5, nẖsy5 imperfective nẖs, nẖsy, nẖsw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 nẖs, nẖsj6, nẖsy6 nẖs, nẖsw5 prospective nẖs, nẖstj7 — nẖstj4, nẖst4 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.