pzḥ

See also: pzh and pzḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːzaħ/ → /ˈpaːsaħ/ → /ˈpaːsəħ/ → /ˈpoːsəħ/, /ˈpoːħəs/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːzaħ/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːsaħ/ (infinitive)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːsəħ/ (infinitive)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) /ˈpoːsəħ/ (infinitive), /ˈpoːħəs/ (infinitive, with metathesis)

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to bite
2. (transitive, of insects and scorpions) to sting

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural pzḥ pzḥw, pzḥ pzḥt pzḥ pzḥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 pzḥ ḥr pzḥ m pzḥ r pzḥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect pzḥ.n pzḥw, pzḥ consecutive pzḥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative pzḥt perfective3 pzḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 pzḥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective pzḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 pzḥ pzḥḥ potentialis1 pzḥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive pzḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect pzḥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective pzḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 pzḥ pzḥ, pzḥw5, pzḥy5 imperfective pzḥ, pzḥy, pzḥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 pzḥ, pzḥj6, pzḥy6 pzḥ, pzḥw5 prospective pzḥ, pzḥtj7 — pzḥtj4, pzḥt4 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 pzḥ  

pḥs

later with metathesis

Descendants

• Demotic: phs, pḥs
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲡⲱϩⲥ (pōhs), ⲡⲱⲥϩ (pōsh)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲱϩⲥ (pōhs)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲡⲉϩⲥ^† (pehs^†)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 550.1–550.10