njk
Appearance
Egyptian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nik/
- Conventional anglicization: nik
Verb
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3-lit.
- (transitive) to punish, especially with death
- (intransitive) to be punished
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of njk (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: njk, geminated stem: njkk
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
njk |
njkw, njk |
njkt |
njk |
njk |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
njk |
ḥr njk |
m njk |
r njk |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | njk.n |
njkw, njk |
consecutive | njk.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | njkt | ||||
perfective3 | njk |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | njk.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | njk |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | njk |
njkk |
potentialis1 | njk.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | njk |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | njk.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | njk |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
njk |
njk, njkw5, njky5 |
imperfective | njk, njky, njkw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
njk, njkj6, njky6 |
njk, njkw5 |
prospective | njk, njktj7 |
— | njktj4, njkt4 | |
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Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njk
Noun
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m
- a supernatural evil being due punishment, especially Apophis
- (rare) an earthly evildoer
Inflection
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njk
Proper noun
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m
- an afterworld god, ‘the Punisher’
Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njk
References
[edit]- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 205.9–205.16
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 126