nk

See also: NK, nK, -nk, and nk.

Egyptian

Etymology

Compare Arabic نَكَحَ (nakaḥa) and Arabic نَاكَ (nāka), Akkadian 𒈾𒀀𒆪 (nâku)

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛk/
  • Conventional anglicization: nek

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to copulate

Inflection

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 imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
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 + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	nkt
perfective3	nk	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	nk.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	nk, j.nk1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	nk	nkk	potentialis1	nk.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	nk, j.nk1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	nk.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	nk	active + .tj1, .tw2	nk	nkk, nkkj6, nk2, nkw2 5, nky2 5
imperfective	j.nk1, nk, nky, nkw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.nk1, j.nkw1 5, nk, nkj6, nky6	nk, nkw5
prospective	nk, nktj7	—	nktj4, nkt4
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, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nk  

nk

Synonyms

• dꜣ
• dꜣdꜣ
• nhp

Derived terms

• nkw
• nkk

 

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 345

Lingala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ⁿk/

Letter

nk (upper case Nk)

1. A letter of the Lingala alphabet, written in the Latin script.