ꜣḫꜣḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb
Ax
H_SPACE		 Ax
H_SPACE		 M15

 4-lit.

  1. (intransitive, of plants or fields) to be(come) verdant, to grow green with vegetation
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, of people or popularity etc.) to develop happily or successfully, to prosper
  3. (transitive) to make verdant [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣḫꜣḫ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ꜣḫꜣḫ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ꜣḫꜣḫ
 ꜣḫꜣḫw, ꜣḫꜣḫ
 ꜣḫꜣḫt
 ꜣḫꜣḫ
 ꜣḫꜣḫ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ꜣḫꜣḫ
 ḥr ꜣḫꜣḫ
 m ꜣḫꜣḫ
 r ꜣḫꜣḫ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect ꜣḫꜣḫ.n
 consecutive ꜣḫꜣḫ.jn
terminative ꜣḫꜣḫt
perfective3 ꜣḫꜣḫ
 obligative1 ꜣḫꜣḫ.ḫr
imperfective ꜣḫꜣḫ
prospective3 ꜣḫꜣḫw, ꜣḫꜣḫ
 potentialis1 ꜣḫꜣḫ.kꜣ
subjunctive ꜣḫꜣḫ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect ꜣḫꜣḫ.n
 — —
perfective ꜣḫꜣḫ
 ꜣḫꜣḫ
 ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫw5, ꜣḫꜣḫy5
imperfective ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫy, ꜣḫꜣḫw5
 ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫj6, ꜣḫꜣḫy6
 ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫw5
prospective ꜣḫꜣḫ, ꜣḫꜣḫtj7
 ꜣḫꜣḫwtj1 4, ꜣḫꜣḫtj4, ꜣḫꜣḫt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫꜣḫ  
Ax
H_SPACE		 Ax
Hn
Ax
x		 M15
AxixM15
ix
x		 iM15
ꜣḫꜣḫ ꜣḫḫ ꜣḫjḫ jḫḫj
[Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

Proper noun
Ax
H_SPACE		 Ax
H_SPACE		 sbA
Z2ss

 m

  1. a constellation or other group of stars

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫꜣḫ  
Ax
H_SPACE		 Ax
H_SPACE		 sbAsbAsbA
ixixsbA
Z2ss
ꜣḫꜣḫ jḫjḫ
[New Kingdom]

Noun
Ax
H_SPACE		 Ax
H_SPACE		 Z9
xt		 Z3

 m

  1. (uncountable) Part of a ship’s sailing equipment. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. spars

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫꜣḫ  
Ax
H_SPACE		 Ax
H_SPACE		 xt
Z2
ꜣḫꜣḫ

Noun
Ax
H_SPACE		 Ax
H_SPACE		 qsZ3

 m

  1. (uncountable, collective) bones [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḫꜣḫ  
Ax
x		 qsZ3
ꜣḫḫ

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 18.16–19.3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 158.
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