zḫz

See also: zHz and ZHz

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛxɛz/
  • Conventional anglicization: zekhez

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to tear out (an eye) or uproot (papyrus)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
zḫz	zḫzw, zḫz	zḫzt	zḫz	zḫz

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	zḫz.n	zḫzw, zḫz	consecutive	zḫz.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	zḫzt
perfective3	zḫz	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	zḫz.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	zḫz	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	zḫz	zḫzz	potentialis1	zḫz.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	zḫz	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	zḫz.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	zḫz	active + .tj1, .tw2	zḫz	zḫz, zḫzw5, zḫzy5
imperfective	zḫz, zḫzy, zḫzw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	zḫz, zḫzj6, zḫzy6	zḫz, zḫzw5
prospective	zḫz, zḫztj7	—	zḫztj4, zḫzt4
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.

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to run, to flee, to tear off
2. (transitive) to run through (a place)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
zḫz	zḫzw, zḫz	zḫzt	zḫz	zḫz

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	zḫz.n	zḫzw, zḫz	consecutive	zḫz.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	zḫzt
perfective3	zḫz	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	zḫz.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	zḫz	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	zḫz	zḫzz	potentialis1	zḫz.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	zḫz	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	zḫz.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	zḫz	active + .tj1, .tw2	zḫz	zḫz, zḫzw5, zḫzy5
imperfective	zḫz, zḫzy, zḫzw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	zḫz, zḫzj6, zḫzy6	zḫz, zḫzw5
prospective	zḫz, zḫztj7	—	zḫztj4, zḫzt4
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 zḫz  

sḫs

[New Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 472.8–473.9