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Egyptian [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] 3-lit.
( transitive or intransitive ) hunt [New Kingdom] Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of bḥs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: bḥs , geminated stem: bḥss
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
bḥs bḥsw , bḥs bḥst bḥs bḥs
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
bḥs ḥr bḥs m bḥs r bḥs
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
bḥs.n bḥsw , bḥs consecutive
bḥs.jn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
bḥst
perfective 3
bḥs active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 obligative1
bḥs.ḫr active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
bḥs active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
bḥs bḥss potentialis1
bḥs.kꜣ active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
bḥs active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
bḥs.n active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 —
—
perfective
bḥs active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 bḥs bḥs , bḥsw 5 , bḥsy 5
imperfective
bḥs , bḥsy , bḥsw 5 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 bḥs , bḥsj 6 , bḥsy 6 bḥs , bḥsw 5
prospective
bḥs , bḥstj 7 —
bḥstj 4 , bḥst 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 bḥs
m
Alternative form of bḥz ( “ calf ” ) References [ edit ] Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1926 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 469.13–469.17 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 84
