ḫtḫt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛtxɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: khetkhet

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to reverse, to undo or turn back

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫtḫt (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ḫtḫt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḫtḫt	ḫtḫtw, ḫtḫt	ḫtḫtt	ḫtḫt	ḫtḫt

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	ḫtḫt.n	consecutive	ḫtḫt.jn
terminative	ḫtḫtt
perfective3	ḫtḫt	obligative1	ḫtḫt.ḫr
imperfective	ḫtḫt
prospective3	ḫtḫtw, ḫtḫt	potentialis1	ḫtḫt.kꜣ
subjunctive	ḫtḫt

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	ḫtḫt.n	—	—
perfective	ḫtḫt	ḫtḫt	ḫtḫt, ḫtḫtw5, ḫtḫty5
imperfective	ḫtḫt, ḫtḫty, ḫtḫtw5	ḫtḫt, ḫtḫtj6, ḫtḫty6	ḫtḫt, ḫtḫtw5
prospective	ḫtḫt, ḫtḫttj7	ḫtḫtwtj1 4, ḫtḫttj4, ḫtḫtt4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫtḫt  

ḫtḫt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 241.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 122