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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
2-lit.
- (transitive) to bring (a temple, the land, etc.) into order
- (transitive) to equip, to supply (buildings or people) (+ m: with)
- (transitive) to protect, to guard (something holy: a temple, tomb, or god) (+ r: against)
- (transitive) to order, to command (something to be done)
- (intransitive) to order, to command (+ n: someone; + r and infinitive: to do (something))
- (transitive) to say forcefully, to impress (+ n: to, upon (someone))
- (transitive) to engage (people) to do something, to set to some task
- (transitive) to entrust or charge (+ n: someone) to do (something)
- (transitive) to commend, to entrust (someone) (+ n: to (someone else))
Inflection
Conjugation of ḥn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḥn, geminated stem: ḥnn
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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ḥn
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ḥnw, ḥn
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ḥnt
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ḥn, j.ḥn
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ḥn, j.ḥn
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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ḥn
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ḥr ḥn
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m ḥn
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r ḥn
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḥn.n
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ḥnw, ḥn
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consecutive
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ḥn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ḥnt
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| perfective3
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ḥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ḥn.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ḥn, j.ḥn1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ḥn
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ḥnn
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potentialis1
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ḥn.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ḥn, j.ḥn1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḥn.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ḥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḥn
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ḥnn, ḥnnj6, ḥn2, ḥnw2 5, ḥny2 5
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| imperfective
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j.ḥn1, ḥn, ḥny, ḥnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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j.ḥn1, j.ḥnw1 5, ḥn, ḥnj6, ḥny6
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ḥn, ḥnw5
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| prospective
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ḥn, ḥntj7
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—
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ḥntj4, ḥnt4
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- 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.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥn
Descendants
Verb
2-lit.
- (intransitive) to go with speed and purpose, to hurry, to advance speedily (+ r and infinitive or + following clause: to go do (something); + r: to (a place); + n: to (a person); + m: from (a place); + ḥnꜥ or jrm: with (someone))
- (intransitive) to attack, to move against an enemy
Inflection
Conjugation of ḥn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḥn, geminated stem: ḥnn
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
|
negatival complement
|
complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
|
ḥn
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ḥnw, ḥn
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ḥnt
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ḥn, j.ḥn
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ḥn, j.ḥn
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
|
| stative stem
|
periphrastic imperfective2
|
periphrastic prospective2
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ḥn
|
ḥr ḥn
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m ḥn
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r ḥn
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| suffix conjugation
|
| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
|
| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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ḥn.n
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consecutive
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ḥn.jn
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| terminative
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ḥnt
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| perfective3
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ḥn
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obligative1
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ḥn.ḫr
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| imperfective
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ḥn, j.ḥn1
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| prospective3
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ḥn
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potentialis1
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ḥn.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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ḥn, j.ḥn1
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḥn.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ḥn
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ḥn
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ḥnn, ḥnnj6, ḥn2, ḥnw2 5, ḥny2 5
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| imperfective
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j.ḥn1, ḥn, ḥny, ḥnw5
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j.ḥn1, j.ḥnw1 5, ḥn, ḥnj6, ḥny6
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ḥn, ḥnw5
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| prospective
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ḥn, ḥntj7
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ḥntj4, ḥnt4
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- 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.
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References
- “ḥn (lemma ID 105900)”, “ḥn (lemma ID 105920)”, and “ḥn (lemma ID 105930)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 101.1–101.20, 102–103.22
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 171
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 83, 465.
