nḥtj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈniħtit/ → /ˈniħtiʔ/ → /ˈneħta/ → /ˈneħtə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniħtit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniħtiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈneħta/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈneħtə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛhɛti/
  • Conventional anglicization: neheti

Verb

 4ae inf.

1. (transitive) to believe, to trust

Inflection

Conjugation of nḥtj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: nḥt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nḥtt, nḥtj	nḥtw, nḥtyw, nḥt	nḥtt, nḥtwt, nḥtyt	nḥt	nḥt, nḥty

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
nḥt8	ḥr nḥtt, ḥr nḥtj	m nḥtt, ḥr nḥtj	r nḥtt, ḥr nḥtj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	nḥt.n	nḥtw, nḥt, nḥty	consecutive	nḥt.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	nḥtt
perfective3	nḥt	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	nḥt.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	nḥt, nḥty	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	nḥtw, nḥt, nḥty	nḥt	potentialis1	nḥt.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	nḥt, nḥty	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	nḥt.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	nḥtw1, nḥty, nḥt	active + .tj1, .tw2	nḥt	nḥty, nḥt
imperfective	nḥt, nḥty, nḥtw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	nḥt, nḥtj6, nḥty6	nḥt, nḥtw5
prospective	nḥtw1, nḥty, nḥt, nḥttj7	—	nḥtwtj1 4, nḥttj4, nḥtt4
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.

Descendants

• Demotic: nḥṱ
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲛⲁϩⲧⲉ (nahte)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲁϩϯ (nahti)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲛⲉϩϯ (nehti)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲛⲁϩⲧⲉ (nahte)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲁϩⲧⲉ (nahte)