nhzj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnihzit/ → /ˈnihsiʔ/ → /ˈnehsa/ → /ˈnehsə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnihzit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnihsiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnehsa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnehsə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛhɛzi/
  • Conventional anglicization: nehezi

Verb

 4ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) awake, to wake up [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. (transitive, Late Egyptian) to awaken (someone), to wake (someone) up

Inflection

Conjugation of nhzj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: nhz

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nhzt, nhzj nhzw, nhzyw, nhz nhzt, nhzwt, nhzyt nhz nhz, nhzy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nhz8 ḥr nhzt, ḥr nhzj m nhzt, ḥr nhzj r nhzt, ḥr nhzj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect nhz.n nhzw, nhz, nhzy consecutive nhz.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative nhzt perfective3 nhz active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 nhz.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective nhz, nhzy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 nhzw, nhz, nhzy nhz potentialis1 nhz.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive nhz, nhzy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect nhz.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective nhzw1, nhzy, nhz active + .tj1, .tw2 nhz nhzy, nhz imperfective nhz, nhzy, nhzw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 nhz, nhzj6, nhzy6 nhz, nhzw5 prospective nhzw1, nhzy, nhz, nhztj7 — nhzwtj1 4, nhztj4, nhzt4 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 nhzj  

nhzj

[Middle Kingdom]

Derived terms

• mnhz

Descendants

• Demotic: nhs
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲉϩⲥⲓ (nehsi)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 287.3–287.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 136