rḫ

See also: Rh and RH

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛx/
- Conventional anglicization: rekh

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to learn, to come to know or experience
(transitive, in the stative or perfect) to know
(catenative, in the stative or perfect, with a verb in the infinitive) to know how to, to be able to

Usage notes

Unlike other transitive verbs, the stative of rḫ has an active meaning rather than a passive one and can have a direct object denoting what is known. When this direct object is a personal pronoun, it appears in enclitic (dependent) form.

Inflection

Conjugation of rḫ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: rḫ, geminated stem: rḫḫ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
rḫ	rḫw, rḫ	rḫt	rḫ, j.rḫ	rḫ, j.rḫ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
rḫ	ḥr rḫ	m rḫ	r rḫ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	rḫ.n	rḫw, rḫ	consecutive	rḫ.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	rḫ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	rḫt
perfective³	rḫ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative	rḫ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	rḫ, j.rḫ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative	rḫ.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	rḫ	rḫḫ	potentialis	rḫ.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	rḫ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	rḫ, j.rḫ¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	rḫ.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	rḫ	active + .tj¹, .tw²	rḫ	rḫḫ, rḫḫj⁶, rḫ², rḫw^{2 5}, rḫy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.rḫ¹, rḫ, rḫy, rḫw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.rḫ¹, j.rḫw^{1 5}, rḫ, rḫj⁶, rḫy⁶	rḫ, rḫw⁵
prospective	rḫ, rḫtj⁷	—	rḫtj⁴, rḫt⁴
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rḫ

rḫ

Antonyms

ḫm

Noun

m

knowledge

Noun

m

knowledgeable or wise man, scholar, often seen as living according to Maat (virtue/truth/cosmic order)

Inflection

Declension of rḫ (masculine)

singular	rḫ
dual	rḫwj
plural	rḫw

Antonyms

wḫꜣ

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 171, 192, 211, 263
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 68, 128

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