ḥsq
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛsɛk/
- Conventional anglicization: heseq
Verb
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3-lit.
- (transitive, of people or animals) to behead [since the Pyramid Texts]
- (transitive, of body parts, especially the head) to sever, to cut off [since the Pyramid Texts]
- c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus 7,4:
- jw.f rḫ ṯz tp ḥsq
- He knows how to reattach a severed head.
- c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus 7,4:
Inflection
editConjugation of ḥsq (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥsq, geminated stem: ḥsqq
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḥsq |
ḥsqw, ḥsq |
ḥsqt |
ḥsq |
ḥsq |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḥsq |
ḥr ḥsq |
m ḥsq |
r ḥsq |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ḥsq.n |
ḥsqw, ḥsq |
consecutive | ḥsq.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ḥsqt | ||||
perfective3 | ḥsq |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | ḥsq.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ḥsq |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ḥsq |
ḥsqq |
potentialis1 | ḥsq.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ḥsq |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ḥsq.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | ḥsq |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ḥsq |
ḥsq, ḥsqw5, ḥsqy5 |
imperfective | ḥsq, ḥsqy, ḥsqw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ḥsq, ḥsqj6, ḥsqy6 |
ḥsq, ḥsqw5 |
prospective | ḥsq, ḥsqtj7 |
— | ḥsqtj4, ḥsqt4 | |
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Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥsq
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ḥsq |
References
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 213.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 168.15–169.2