nḫt

See also: nht

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛxɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: nakht

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) victorious
2. (intransitive) to be(come) strong

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nḫt	nḫtw, nḫt	nḫtt	nḫt	nḫt

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	nḫt.n	consecutive	nḫt.jn
terminative	nḫtt
perfective3	nḫt	obligative1	nḫt.ḫr
imperfective	nḫt
prospective3	nḫt	potentialis1	nḫt.kꜣ
subjunctive	nḫt

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	nḫt.n	—	—
perfective	nḫt	nḫt	nḫt, nḫtw5, nḫty5
imperfective	nḫt, nḫty, nḫtw5	nḫt, nḫtj6, nḫty6	nḫt, nḫtw5
prospective	nḫt, nḫttj7	nḫttj4, nḫtt4
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 nḫt  

nḫt

Derived terms

• nmtj-nḫt
• nḫt-ꜥ
• zꜣ-nḫt
• stẖ-nḫt
• kꜣ-nḫt-ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst

 

Noun

 m

1. victory
2. strength

Inflection

Declension of nḫt (masculine)

singular	nḫt
dual	nḫtwj
plural	nḫtw

Derived terms

• tꜣ.f-nḫt

Noun

 m

1. strong one
2. champion

Inflection

Declension of nḫt (masculine)

singular	nḫt
dual	nḫtwj
plural	nḫtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nḫt  

nḫt

Derived terms

• nḫt-nb.f

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 36, 171, 284, 335.