nẖs

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛçɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: nekhes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to become rigid or blunt^?

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nẖs	nẖsw, nẖs	nẖst	nẖs	nẖs

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	nẖs.n	nẖsw, nẖs	consecutive	nẖs.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	nẖst
perfective3	nẖs	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	nẖs.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	nẖs	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	nẖs	nẖss	potentialis1	nẖs.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	nẖs	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	nẖs.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	nẖs	active + .tj1, .tw2	nẖs	nẖs, nẖsw5, nẖsy5
imperfective	nẖs, nẖsy, nẖsw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	nẖs, nẖsj6, nẖsy6	nẖs, nẖsw5
prospective	nẖs, nẖstj7	—	nẖstj4, nẖst4
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.