nk

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

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb
n
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 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
  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 nk  
n
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D280
nk

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, 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.
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