Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare Hebrew בוקר (“morrow, morning”).
Noun
m
- tomorrow, the next day [Pyramid Texts and New Kingdom]
- morning [18th Dynasty and Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Declension of bkꜣ (masculine)
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bkꜣ
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| dual
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bkꜣwj
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| plural
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bkꜣw
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bkꜣ
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| bꜣkꜣ
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bꜣkꜣy
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bꜣkꜣ
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bꜣq
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bkꜣt
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[New Kingdom]
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[18th Dynasty]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) pregnant
Inflection
Conjugation of bkꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: bkꜣ, geminated stem: bkꜣꜣ
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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bkꜣ
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bkꜣw, bkꜣ
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bkꜣt
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bkꜣ
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bkꜣ
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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bkꜣ
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ḥr bkꜣ
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m bkꜣ
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r bkꜣ
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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bkꜣ.n
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consecutive
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bkꜣ.jn
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| terminative
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bkꜣt
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| perfective3
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bkꜣ
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obligative1
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bkꜣ.ḫr
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| imperfective
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bkꜣ
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| prospective3
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bkꜣ
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potentialis1
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bkꜣ.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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bkꜣ
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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bkꜣ.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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bkꜣ
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bkꜣ
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bkꜣ, bkꜣw5, bkꜣy5
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| imperfective
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bkꜣ, bkꜣy, bkꜣw5
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bkꜣ, bkꜣj6, bkꜣy6
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bkꜣ, bkꜣw5
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| prospective
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bkꜣ, bkꜣtj7
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bkꜣtj4, bkꜣt4
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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.
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References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 481.1–481.11, 481.17–481.18
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 79, 85