wrḥ

See also: wrH

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛrɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: wereh

Noun

 m

1. ointment

Inflection

Declension of wrḥ (masculine)

singular	wrḥ
dual	wrḥwj
plural	wrḥw

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to anoint

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wrḥ	wrḥw, wrḥ	wrḥt	wrḥ	wrḥ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wrḥ.n	wrḥw, wrḥ	consecutive	wrḥ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wrḥt
perfective3	wrḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wrḥ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wrḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wrḥ	wrḥḥ	potentialis1	wrḥ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wrḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wrḥ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wrḥ	active + .tj1, .tw2	wrḥ	wrḥ, wrḥw5, wrḥy5
imperfective	wrḥ, wrḥy, wrḥw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wrḥ, wrḥj6, wrḥy6	wrḥ, wrḥw5
prospective	wrḥ, wrḥtj7	—	wrḥtj4, wrḥt4
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.

Derived terms

• mrḥt