wḫꜣ

See also: wḥꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːχiʀ/ → /ˈwiːχiʀ/ → /ˈwiːχə/ → /wiːχ/

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛxɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: wekha

Noun

 m

1. fool
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 99–101:

     wꜥ jm nb mꜥkꜣ jb.f nḫt ꜥ.f r snnw.f nn wḫꜣ m ḥr(j) jb.sn

     Each one of them, his mind was more observant and his arm was stronger than his fellow’s. There was no fool in their midst.

Inflection

Declension of wḫꜣ (masculine)

singular	wḫꜣ
dual	wḫꜣwj
plural	wḫꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḫꜣ  

wḫꜣ	wḫꜣ

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to seek, to look for

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wḫꜣ wḫꜣw, wḫꜣ wḫꜣt wḫꜣ wḫꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wḫꜣ ḥr wḫꜣ m wḫꜣ r wḫꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect wḫꜣ.n wḫꜣw, wḫꜣ consecutive wḫꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative wḫꜣt perfective3 wḫꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 wḫꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective wḫꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 wḫꜣ wḫꜣꜣ potentialis1 wḫꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive wḫꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect wḫꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective wḫꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 wḫꜣ wḫꜣ, wḫꜣw5, wḫꜣy5 imperfective wḫꜣ, wḫꜣy, wḫꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 wḫꜣ, wḫꜣj6, wḫꜣy6 wḫꜣ, wḫꜣw5 prospective wḫꜣ, wḫꜣtj7 — wḫꜣtj4, wḫꜣt4 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.

Synonyms

• ḥḥj
• ḏꜥr

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 131, 263.