pzḥ

See also: pzḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈpaːzaħ/ → /ˈpaːsaħ/ → /ˈpaːsəħ/ → /ˈpoːsəħ/, /ˈpoːħəs/

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to bite
  2. (transitive, of insects and scorpions) to sting

Inflection
Conjugation of pzḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: pzḥ, geminated stem: pzḥḥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
pzḥ
 pzḥw, pzḥ
 pzḥt
 pzḥ
 pzḥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
pzḥ
 ḥr pzḥ
 m pzḥ
 r pzḥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect pzḥ.n
 pzḥw, pzḥ
 consecutive pzḥ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative pzḥt
perfective3 pzḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 pzḥ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective pzḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 pzḥ
 pzḥḥ
 potentialis1 pzḥ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive pzḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect pzḥ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective pzḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 pzḥ
 pzḥ, pzḥw5, pzḥy5
imperfective pzḥ, pzḥy, pzḥw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 pzḥ, pzḥj6, pzḥy6
 pzḥ, pzḥw5
prospective pzḥ, pzḥtj7
 — pzḥtj4, pzḥt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pzḥ  
pḥs
later with metathesis

Descendants
  • Demotic: phs, pḥs
    • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲡⲱⲥϩ (pōsh)
    • Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲱϩⲥ (pōhs)

References
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