jqr

Egyptian

Perhaps from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *waqar-; compare Hebrew יָקָר (yāqār, “expensive, precious”).

(noun): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjaːqʼaɾ/ → /ˈjaːqʼaʔ/ → /ˈjaːqʼa/ → /ˈjoːqʼə/

(adjective): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjaːqʼiɾ/ → /ˈjaːqʼiʔ/ → /ˈjaːqʼa/ → /ˈjoːqʼə/

3-lit.

(intransitive) to be(come) excellent, worthy, or irreproachable
- Reign of Amenemhat II or Senusret II, c. 1929–1878 BCE, Stela of Hekaib (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, AP 78):
  
  jnk nḏs jqr ḏd m r(ꜣ).f
  I was an excellent individual, one who spoke with his own mouth.
(intransitive) to be(come) reliable, trustworthy, or dependable

Conjugation of jqr (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jqr, geminated stem: jqrr

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
jqr	jqrw, jqr	jqrt	jqr	jqr

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	jqr.n	—	—
perfective	jqr	jqr	jqr, jqrw⁵, jqry⁵
imperfective	jqr, jqry, jqrw⁵	jqr, jqrj⁶, jqry⁶	jqr, jqrw⁵
prospective	jqr, jqrtj⁷	jqrtj⁴, jqrt⁴
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 hieroglyphic writings of jqr

jqr

jq

Declension of jqr (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	jqr	jqrt
dual	jqrwj	jqrtj
plural	jqrw	jqrwt¹, jqrt²
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

See under the verb above.

See under the verb above.

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 137.1–137.20, 138.1
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 31–32
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 293.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 54

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