nqꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (Late Egyptian, transitive) to inscribe, to scratch

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nqꜥ nqꜥw, nqꜥ nqꜥt nqꜥ nqꜥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nqꜥ ḥr nqꜥ m nqꜥ r nqꜥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect nqꜥ.n nqꜥw, nqꜥ consecutive nqꜥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative nqꜥt perfective3 nqꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 nqꜥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective nqꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 nqꜥ nqꜥꜥ potentialis1 nqꜥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive nqꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect nqꜥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective nqꜥ active + .tj1, .tw2 nqꜥ nqꜥ, nqꜥw5, nqꜥy5 imperfective nqꜥ, nqꜥy, nqꜥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 nqꜥ, nqꜥj6, nqꜥy6 nqꜥ, nqꜥw5 prospective nqꜥ, nqꜥtj7 — nqꜥtj4, nqꜥt4 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 nqꜥ  

nqꜥ

Derived terms

• nqꜥwt

References

• Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 1, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 250
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 343.6