tkꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːkaʀ/ → /ˈtaːkaʀ/ → /taːkə/ → /toːk/

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛkɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: teka

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to burn, to light, to illuminate

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural tkꜣ tkꜣw, tkꜣ tkꜣt tkꜣ tkꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 tkꜣ ḥr tkꜣ m tkꜣ r tkꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect tkꜣ.n tkꜣw, tkꜣ consecutive tkꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative tkꜣt perfective3 tkꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 tkꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective tkꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 tkꜣ tkꜣꜣ potentialis1 tkꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive tkꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect tkꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective tkꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 tkꜣ tkꜣ, tkꜣw5, tkꜣy5 imperfective tkꜣ, tkꜣy, tkꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 tkꜣ, tkꜣj6, tkꜣy6 tkꜣ, tkꜣw5 prospective tkꜣ, tkꜣtj7 — tkꜣtj4, tkꜣt4 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

• tkꜣw
• tkꜣyt
• tkꜣ-ḥr

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲕ (tōk), Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲱⲕ (thōk)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 332