ḫꜣj

See also: hꜣj and ḥꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: khai

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	obligative1	ḫꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy	ḫꜣw, ḫꜣ, ḫꜣy	potentialis1	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
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. 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

• mḫꜣt
• ḫꜣyw (“measurements”)

 

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 309.