ptḥ

See also: PTH

Egyptian

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Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /piˈtaħ/ → /piˈtaħ/ → /pəˈtaħ/ → /pəˈtaħ/

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

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

Proper noun

 m

1. Ptah, creator god and patron of craftsmen, worshipped at Memphis

Derived terms

• ptḥ-wr
• ptḥ-ms
• ptḥ-špss
• mry-n-ptḥ
• mryt-ptḥ
• nfrw-ptḥ
• ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
• zꜣ-ptḥ

 

Descendants

• Arabic: بتاح
• Coptic: ⲡⲧⲁϩ (ptah)
• English: Ptah
• French: Ptah
• Greek: Φθάς (Fthás)
• German: Ptah
• Italian: Ptah
• Latin: Phthas
• Polish: Ptah
• Russian: Пта (Pta)
• Spanish: Ptah

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to make, to form, to create

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ptḥ	ptḥw, ptḥ	ptḥt	ptḥ	ptḥ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ptḥ	ḥr ptḥ	m ptḥ	r ptḥ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ptḥ.n	ptḥw, ptḥ	consecutive	ptḥ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ptḥt
perfective3	ptḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ptḥ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ptḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ptḥ	ptḥḥ	potentialis1	ptḥ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ptḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ptḥ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ptḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2	ptḥ	ptḥ, ptḥw5, ptḥy5
imperfective	ptḥ, ptḥy, ptḥw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ptḥ, ptḥj6, ptḥy6	ptḥ, ptḥw5
prospective	ptḥ, ptḥtj7	—	ptḥtj4, ptḥt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.