ḫntj
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See also: ẖntj
Egyptian
Etymology 1
ḫnt (“at the head of”) + -j (nisba ending).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛnti/
- Conventional anglicization: khenti
Adjective
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Inflection
Declension of ḫntj (nisba adjective)
| masculine | feminine | |
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| singular | ḫntj |
ḫntt |
| dual | ḫntjwj, ḫntwj |
ḫnttj |
| plural | ḫntjw, ḫntw |
ḫntwt1, ḫntt2 |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntj
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈχintit/ → /ˈχintiʔ/ → /ˈχenta/ → /ˈχentə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛnɛti/
- Conventional anglicization: kheneti
Verb
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4ae inf.
- (intransitive) to go forward, to advance, to be(come) foremost
- (intransitive) to go upstream, to go southwards
Inflection
Conjugation of ḫntj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: ḫnt, geminated stem: ḫntt
| infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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| infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
| ḫnt |
ḫntw, ḫntyw, ḫnt |
ḫntt, ḫntwt, ḫntyt |
ḫnt |
ḫnt, ḫnty |
| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
| ḫnt8 |
ḥr ḫnt |
m ḫnt |
r ḫnt |
| suffix conjugation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
| aspect / mood | active | ||
| perfect | ḫnt.n |
consecutive | ḫnt.jn |
| terminative | ḫntt | ||
| perfective3 | ḫnt |
obligative1 | ḫnt.ḫr |
| imperfective | ḫnt, ḫnty | ||
| prospective3 | ḫntw, ḫnt, ḫnty |
potentialis1 | ḫnt.kꜣ |
| subjunctive | ḫnt, ḫnty | ||
| verbal adjectives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
| active | active | passive | |
| perfect | ḫnt.n |
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| perfective | ḫntw1, ḫnty, ḫnt |
ḫnt |
ḫnty, ḫnt |
| imperfective | ḫntt, ḫntty, ḫnttw5 |
ḫntt, ḫnttj6, ḫntty6 |
ḫntt, ḫnttw5 |
| prospective | ḫntw1, ḫnty, ḫnt, ḫnttj7 |
ḫntwtj1 4, ḫnttj4, ḫntt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntj
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| ḫntj |
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “go upstream”): ḫdj
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Proper noun
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References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 91, 168, 229, 258, 334.