njk

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to punish, especially with death
2. (intransitive) to be punished

Inflection

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 imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
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 + .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
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
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 njk  

nk

Noun

 m

1. a supernatural evil being due punishment, especially Apophis
2. (rare) an earthly evildoer

Inflection

Declension of njk (masculine)

singular	njk
dual	njkwj
plural	njkw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njk  

nk

Proper noun

 m

1. an afterworld god, ‘the Punisher’

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njk  

njkw

References

• 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