ḥqꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛkɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: heqa

Noun

 m

1. ruler
   1. king
   2. governor, administrator

Inflection

Declension of ḥqꜣ (masculine)

singular	ḥqꜣ
dual	ḥqꜣwj
plural	ḥqꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥqꜣ  

ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣ
	of a pharaoh or god	of a pharaoh or god	of a pharaoh or god

Derived terms

• ḥqꜣ-ḥwt
• ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst
• twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to rule, govern

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣw, ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣt	ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ḥqꜣ.n	ḥqꜣw, ḥqꜣ	consecutive	ḥqꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ḥqꜣt
perfective3	ḥqꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ḥqꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḥqꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣꜣ	potentialis1	ḥqꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ḥqꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḥqꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ḥqꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḥqꜣ	ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣw5, ḥqꜣy5
imperfective	ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣy, ḥqꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣj6, ḥqꜣy6	ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣw5
prospective	ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣtj7	—	ḥqꜣtj4, ḥqꜣt4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥqꜣ  

ḥq	ḥq

Derived terms

• sḥqꜣ

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (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 269.