Compare Arabic نَكَحَ ( nakaḥa ) and Arabic نَاكَ ( nāka ) , Akkadian 𒈾𒀀𒆪 ( nâku )
2-lit.
( transitive ) copulate
Conjugation of nk (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: nk , geminated stem: nkk
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
nk nkw , nk nkt nk , j.nk nk , j.nk
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
nk ḥr nk m nk r nk
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
nk.n nkw , nk consecutive
nk.jn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
nkt
perfective 3
nk active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 obligative1
nk.ḫr active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
nk , j.nk 1 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
nk nkk potentialis1
nk.kꜣ active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
nk , j.nk 1 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
nk.n active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 —
—
perfective
nk active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 nk nkk , nkkj 6 , nk 2 , nkw 2 5 , nky 2 5
imperfective
j.nk 1 , nk , nky , nkw 5 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 j.nk 1 , j.nkw 1 5 , nk , nkj 6 , nky 6 nk , nkw 5
prospective
nk , nktj 7 —
nktj 4 , nkt 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 hieroglyphic writings of nk
nk (upper case Nk
A letter of the Lingala alphabet , written in the Latin script . 
