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Egyptian [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] 3-lit.
( intransitive ) short in length [since the Middle Kingdom] ( intransitive , of food and drink) scarce , limited [Late Period] Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of ḥwꜥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥwꜥ , geminated stem: ḥwꜥꜥ
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
ḥwꜥ ḥwꜥw , ḥwꜥ ḥwꜥt ḥwꜥ ḥwꜥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
ḥwꜥ ḥr ḥwꜥ m ḥwꜥ r ḥwꜥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
ḥwꜥ.n consecutive
ḥwꜥ.jn
terminative
ḥwꜥt
perfective 3
ḥwꜥ obligative1
ḥwꜥ.ḫr
imperfective
ḥwꜥ
prospective 3
ḥwꜥ potentialis1
ḥwꜥ.kꜣ
subjunctive
ḥwꜥ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
ḥwꜥ.n —
—
perfective
ḥwꜥ ḥwꜥ ḥwꜥ , ḥwꜥw 5 , ḥwꜥy 5
imperfective
ḥwꜥ , ḥwꜥy , ḥwꜥw 5 ḥwꜥ , ḥwꜥj 6 , ḥwꜥy 6 ḥwꜥ , ḥwꜥw 5
prospective
ḥwꜥ , ḥwꜥtj 7 ḥwꜥtj 4 , ḥwꜥt 4
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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwꜥ
Derived terms [ edit ] m
dwarf , short person Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of ḥwꜥ (masculine)
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwꜥ
References [ edit ] Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1929 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 51.12–51.17, 52 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 166
