ꜣḫꜣḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑxɑx/
  • Conventional anglicization: akhakh

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive, of plants or fields) to be(come) verdant, to grow green with vegetation
2. (intransitive, figuratively, of people or popularity etc.) to develop happily or successfully, to prosper
3. (transitive) to make verdant [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Conjugation of ꜣḫꜣḫ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜣḫꜣḫ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ꜣḫꜣḫ	ꜣḫꜣḫw, ꜣḫꜣḫ	ꜣḫꜣḫt	ꜣḫꜣḫ	ꜣḫꜣḫ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	ꜣḫꜣḫ.n	consecutive	ꜣḫꜣḫ.jn
terminative	ꜣḫꜣḫt
perfective3	ꜣḫꜣḫ	obligative1	ꜣḫꜣḫ.ḫr
imperfective	ꜣḫꜣḫ
prospective3	ꜣḫꜣḫw, ꜣḫꜣḫ	potentialis1	ꜣḫꜣḫ.kꜣ
subjunctive	ꜣḫꜣḫ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	ꜣḫꜣḫ.n	—	—
perfective	ꜣḫꜣḫ	ꜣḫꜣḫ	ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫw5, ꜣḫꜣḫy5
imperfective	ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫy, ꜣḫꜣḫw5	ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫj6, ꜣḫꜣḫy6	ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫw5
prospective	ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫtj7	ꜣḫꜣḫwtj1 4, ꜣḫꜣḫtj4, ꜣḫꜣḫt4
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 ꜣḫꜣḫ  

ꜣḫꜣḫ	ꜣḫḫ	ꜣḫjḫ	jḫḫj
	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

• sꜣḫꜣḫ

Proper noun

 m

1. a constellation or other group of stars

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫꜣḫ  

ꜣḫꜣḫ	jḫjḫ
	[New Kingdom]

Noun

 m

1. (uncountable) Part of a ship’s sailing equipment. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. spars

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫꜣḫ  

ꜣḫꜣḫ

Noun

 m

1. (uncountable, collective) bones [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫꜣḫ  

ꜣḫḫ

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volumes 18.16–19.3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 158.