rḫ

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See also: Rh, RH, and rh

Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to learn, to come to know or experience
  2. (transitive, in the stative or perfect) to know (something)
  3. (transitive, in the stative or perfect) to be acquainted or familiar with (someone)
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 119–121:
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      jw dpt r jjt m ẖnw sqdw jm.s rḫ.n.k
      A boat is to come from home with sailors in it whom you know.
  4. (catenative, in the stative or perfect, with a verb in the infinitive) to know how to, to be able to

Usage notes

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Unlike other transitive verbs, the stative of rḫ has an active meaning rather than a passive one and can have a direct object denoting what is known. When this direct object is a personal pronoun, it appears in enclitic (dependent) form.

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Demotic: rḫ

Noun

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r
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 m

  1. knowledge

Noun

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r
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A1

 m

  1. knowledgeable or wise man, scholar, often seen as living according to Maat (virtue/truth/cosmic order)
    Antonym: wḫꜣ

Inflection

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