bḥs

See also: BHS and bh's

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to hunt [New Kingdom]

Inflection
Conjugation of bḥs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: bḥs, geminated stem: bḥss
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
bḥs
 bḥsw, bḥs
 bḥst
 bḥs
 bḥs
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
bḥs
 ḥr bḥs
 m bḥs
 r bḥs
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect bḥs.n
 bḥsw, bḥs
 consecutive bḥs.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative bḥst
perfective3 bḥs
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative bḥs.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective bḥs
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 bḥs
 bḥss
 potentialis bḥs.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive bḥs
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect bḥs.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective bḥs
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 bḥs
 bḥs, bḥsw5, bḥsy5
imperfective bḥs, bḥsy, bḥsw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 bḥs, bḥsj6, bḥsy6
 bḥs, bḥsw5
prospective bḥs, bḥstj7
 — bḥstj4, bḥst4
  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, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bḥs  
bḥs bḥs bḥs

Noun

 m

  1. Alternative form of bḥz

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 469.13–469.17
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 84
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