hꜣj

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See also: ḥꜣj and ḫꜣj

Egyptian

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Etymology

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Sometimes proposed to be from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *hVy/*hVw- (to fall, to happen), in which case it may be cognate with Arabic هوى (hawā, to come down, to fall) and Iraqw huu’ (fall, drop).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hAD54

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to descend
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 24–28:
      hAD54
      k
      wA1rM14wrr
      N36
      md
      p t
      P1n
      t
      mH
      a
      V1V20
      V20
      mAwWs
      mH
      a
      V20
      V20
      V20
      V20
      msxwD32ssqddA30A1V1V20
      V20
      imsmstp
      Y2
      n
      km
      mt
      niwt
      hꜣ.kw r wꜣḏ-wr m dpt nt št-mḏwtj mḥ m ꜣw.s ḥmw mḥ m sḫw.s št-mḏwtj sqd jm.s m stp n(j) kmt
      I had gone down to the sea in a boat of a hundred twenty cubits in length and forty cubits in breadth, with a hundred twenty sailors in it of the choice of Egypt.
    • c. 1800 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version R (pRamesseum A/pBerlin 10499, Recto) lines 1.2–1.3:
      ma
      t
      WA1mhAt
      D54
      rkm
      t niwt
      rinin
      t
      aqW
      H_SPACE
      X4
      Z2
      imnXrdWA1
      B1
      Z2ss
      A1
      m.t wj m hꜣt r kmt r jnt ꜥqw jm n ẖrdw.j
      • Translation by J. P. Allen
        Look, I am going down to Egypt to get provisions there for my children.
  2. (intransitive) to fall, to drop
  3. (intransitive) to come, to walk (+ n or r: to (someone))
  4. (transitive) to charge upon, to fall upon (an enemy)
    • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 52–53:
      D35
      n
      t W
      t
      A53Y1&n&f U2
      ir
      AAt
      f
      hAD54
      f
      rZ1T9
      t Z1
      T14A1
      Z2ss
      X
      a
      mD54
      f
      rZ1DAAwA24Z2ss
      nn twt n.f mꜣꜣ.t(w).f hꜣ.f r-pḏt(j)w ẖꜥm.f r-ḏꜣw
      • Translation by J. P. Allen
        There is none equal to him when he is seen charging archers and engaging opposition.

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲉⲓ (hei)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲉ (he)

References

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