wḫꜣ

See also: wḥꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːχiʀ/ → /ˈwiːχiʀ/ → /ˈwiːχə/ → /wiːχ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːχiʀ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːχiʀ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːχə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /wiːχ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛxɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: wekha

Noun

 m

1. fool
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 99–101:

     wꜥ jm nb mꜥkꜣ jb.f nḫt ꜥ.f r snnw.f nn wḫꜣ m ḥr(j) jb.sn

     Each one of them, his mind was more observant and his arm was stronger than his fellow’s. There was no fool in their midst.

Inflection

Declension of wḫꜣ (masculine)

singular	wḫꜣ
dual	wḫꜣwj
plural	wḫꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḫꜣ  

wḫꜣ	wḫꜣ

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to seek, to look for

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wḫꜣ	wḫꜣw, wḫꜣ	wḫꜣt	wḫꜣ	wḫꜣ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wḫꜣ.n	wḫꜣw, wḫꜣ	consecutive	wḫꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wḫꜣt
perfective3	wḫꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wḫꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wḫꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wḫꜣ	wḫꜣꜣ	potentialis1	wḫꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wḫꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wḫꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wḫꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	wḫꜣ	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣw5, wḫꜣy5
imperfective	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣy, wḫꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣj6, wḫꜣy6	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣw5
prospective	wḫꜣ, wḫꜣtj7	—	wḫꜣtj4, wḫꜣt4
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.

Synonyms

• ḥḥj
• ḏꜥr

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 131, 263.