nwḫ

See also: nwḥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) scorched
2. (transitive) to heat

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nwḫ nwḫw, nwḫ nwḫt nwḫ nwḫ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nwḫ ḥr nwḫ m nwḫ r nwḫ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nwḫ.n consecutive nwḫ.jn terminative nwḫt perfective3 nwḫ obligative1 nwḫ.ḫr imperfective nwḫ prospective3 nwḫ potentialis1 nwḫ.kꜣ subjunctive nwḫ verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nwḫ.n — — perfective nwḫ nwḫ nwḫ, nwḫw5, nwḫy5 imperfective nwḫ, nwḫy, nwḫw5 nwḫ, nwḫj6, nwḫy6 nwḫ, nwḫw5 prospective nwḫ, nwḫtj7 nwḫtj4, nwḫt4 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.

Derived terms

• snwḫ

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲗⲱⲃϣ (lōbš)

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]