ḫꜣj

See also: hꜣj and ḥꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to measure
  2. (transitive) to examine (a person or organ) medically

Inflection
Conjugation of ḫꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḫꜣ, geminated stem: ḫꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḫꜣt, ḫꜣj
 ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ
 ḫꜣt, ḫꜣwt, ḫꜣyt
 ḫꜣ
 ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḫꜣ8, ḫꜣꜣ8
 ḥr ḫꜣt, ḥr ḫꜣj
 m ḫꜣt, m ḫꜣj
 r ḫꜣt, r ḫꜣj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḫꜣ.n
 ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
 consecutive ḫꜣ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḫꜣt, ḫꜣyt
perfective3 ḫꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative ḫꜣ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
 ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
 potentialis ḫꜣ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḫꜣ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective ḫꜣw1, ḫꜣy, ḫꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ḫꜣ
 ḫꜣy, ḫꜣ
imperfective ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣy, ḫꜣꜣw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣj6, ḫꜣꜣy6
 ḫꜣꜣ, ḫꜣꜣw5
prospective ḫꜣw1, ḫꜣy, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣtj7
 — ḫꜣwtj1 4, ḫꜣtj4, ḫꜣt4
  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.
  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 ḫꜣj  


ḫꜣj ḫꜣy ḫꜣj ḫꜣj

Derived terms

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 309.
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