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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
f
- steering oar for a ship: the implement depicted in the hieroglyph
Inflection
Declension of ḥpt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥpt
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to embrace
c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE,
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 5–6:
- rḏj ḥknw dwꜣ-nṯr z nb ḥr ḥpt snnw.f
- Praise has been given, the god has been thanked, and every man is embracing his fellow.
Inflection
Conjugation of ḥpt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥpt, geminated stem: ḥptt
| 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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ḥpt
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ḥptw, ḥpt
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ḥptt
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ḥpt
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ḥpt
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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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ḥpt
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ḥr ḥpt
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m ḥpt
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r ḥpt
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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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ḥpt.n
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ḥptw, ḥpt
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consecutive
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ḥpt.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ḥptt
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| perfective3
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ḥpt
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ḥpt.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ḥpt
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ḥpt
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ḥptt
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potentialis1
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ḥpt.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ḥpt
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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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ḥpt.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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ḥpt
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḥpt
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ḥpt, ḥptw5, ḥpty5
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| imperfective
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ḥpt, ḥpty, ḥptw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḥpt, ḥptj6, ḥpty6
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ḥpt, ḥptw5
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| prospective
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ḥpt, ḥpttj7
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—
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ḥpttj4, ḥptt4
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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 ḥpt
Synonyms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 67.10–67.16, 68.4, 71.16–72.8
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 168
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 308.
