ꜣḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. akh
  2. Used as an epithet for certain goddesses and demons [Pyramid Texts]

Inflection
Declension of ꜣḫ (masculine)
singular ꜣḫ
dual ꜣḫwj
plural ꜣḫw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫ  

Verb

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) effective, to be(come) useful
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) an akh

Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣḫ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ꜣḫ, geminated stem: ꜣḫḫ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ꜣḫ
 ꜣḫw, ꜣḫ
 ꜣḫt
 ꜣḫ, j.ꜣḫ
 ꜣḫ, j.ꜣḫ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ꜣḫ
 ḥr ꜣḫ
 m ꜣḫ
 r ꜣḫ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect ꜣḫ.n
 consecutive ꜣḫ.jn
terminative ꜣḫt
perfective3 ꜣḫ
 obligative ꜣḫ.ḫr
imperfective ꜣḫ, j.ꜣḫ1
prospective3 ꜣḫ
 potentialis ꜣḫ.kꜣ
subjunctive ꜣḫ, j.ꜣḫ1
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect ꜣḫ.n
 — —
perfective ꜣḫ
 ꜣḫ
 ꜣḫḫ, ꜣḫḫj6, ꜣḫ2, ꜣḫw2 5, ꜣḫy2 5
imperfective j.ꜣḫ1, ꜣḫ, ꜣḫy, ꜣḫw5
 j.ꜣḫ1, j.ꜣḫw1 5, ꜣḫ, ꜣḫj6, ꜣḫy6
 ꜣḫ, ꜣḫw5
prospective ꜣḫ, ꜣḫtj7
 ꜣḫtj4, ꜣḫt4
  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.

Derived terms

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  • Allen, James (1984) The Inflection of the Verb in the Pyramid Texts, Malibu, California: Undena Publications, →ISBN, § 728, page 544
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