njk

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to punish, especially with death
2. (intransitive) to be punished

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural njk njkw, njk njkt njk njk ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 njk ḥr njk m njk r njk suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect njk.n njkw, njk consecutive njk.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative njkt perfective3 njk active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 njk.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective njk active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 njk njkk potentialis1 njk.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive njk active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect njk.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective njk active + .tj1, .tw2 njk njk, njkw5, njky5 imperfective njk, njky, njkw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 njk, njkj6, njky6 njk, njkw5 prospective njk, njktj7 — njktj4, njkt4 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 njk  

nk

Noun

 m

1. a supernatural evil being due punishment, especially Apophis
2. (rare) an earthly evildoer

Inflection

Declension of njk (masculine)

singular	njk
dual	njkwj
plural	njkw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njk  

nk

Proper noun

 m

1. an afterworld god, ‘the Punisher’

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njk  

njkw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 205.9–205.16
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 126