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Egyptian [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] 3-lit.
( transitive ) punish , especially with death ( intransitive ) punished Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of njk (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: njk , geminated stem: njkk
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
njk njkw , njk njkt njk njk
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
njk ḥr njk m njk r njk
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
njk.n njkw , njk consecutive
njk.jn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
njkt
perfective 3
njk active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 obligative1
njk.ḫr active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
njk active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
njk njkk potentialis1
njk.kꜣ active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
njk active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
njk.n active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 —
—
perfective
njk active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 njk njk , njkw 5 , njky 5
imperfective
njk , njky , njkw 5 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 njk , njkj 6 , njky 6 njk , njkw 5
prospective
njk , njktj 7 —
njktj 4 , njkt 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 forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njk
m
a supernatural evil being due punishment , especially Apophis
( rare ) earthly evildoer Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of njk (masculine)
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njk
Proper noun [ edit ] 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] →ISBN pages 205.9–205.16 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 126
