rqj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːqʼit/ → /ˈɾiːqʼiʔ/ → /ˈɾiːqʼa/ → /ˈɾiːqʼə/

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

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

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to turn aside, to fend off (+ r: from)
2. (transitive) to oppose or defy, to be hostile to
3. (transitive) to incline

Inflection

Conjugation of rqj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: rq, geminated stem: rqq

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural rqt, rqj rqw, rq rqt, rqwt, rqyt rq rq, rqy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 rq8, rqq8 ḥr rqt, ḥr rqj m rqt, m rqj r rqt, r rqj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect rq.n rqw, rq, rqy consecutive rq.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative rqt, rqyt perfective3 rq active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 rq.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective rq, rqy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 rqw, rq, rqy rqw, rq, rqy potentialis1 rq.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive rq, rqy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect rq.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective rqw1, rqy, rq active + .tj1, .tw2 rq rqy, rq imperfective rqq, rqqy, rqqw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 rqq, rqqj6, rqqy6 rqq, rqqw5 prospective rqw1, rqy, rq, rqtj7 — rqwtj1 4, rqtj4, rqt4 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. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rqj  

rqj

Derived terms

• rqj jb
• rqw

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲕⲓ (riki)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲓⲕⲓ (liki)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲕⲉ (rike)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 456.9–456.12
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 153
• Hannig, Rainer (1997) Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache der Pharaonen (2800–950 v. Chr.) (Hannig-Lexica; 1), second edition, Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, →ISBN, page 479