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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive or intransitive (with n or r)) to encounter, to meet (someone) on the way
- (transitive) to touch (something) in order to harm it, to disturb, to molest
- (transitive or intransitive (with ḥnꜥ)) to engage (an enemy) in battle
Inflection
Conjugation of ṯḥn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ṯḥn, geminated stem: ṯḥnn
| 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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ṯḥn
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ṯḥnw, ṯḥn
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ṯḥnt
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ṯḥn
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ṯḥn
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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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ṯḥn
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ḥr ṯḥn
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m ṯḥn
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r ṯḥn
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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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ṯḥn.n
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ṯḥnw, ṯḥn
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consecutive
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ṯḥn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ṯḥnt
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| perfective3
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ṯḥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ṯḥn.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ṯḥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ṯḥn
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ṯḥnn
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potentialis1
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ṯḥn.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ṯḥn
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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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ṯḥn.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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ṯḥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ṯḥn
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ṯḥn, ṯḥnw5, ṯḥny5
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| imperfective
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ṯḥn, ṯḥny, ṯḥnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ṯḥn, ṯḥnj6, ṯḥny6
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ṯḥn, ṯḥnw5
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| prospective
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ṯḥn, ṯḥntj7
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—
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ṯḥntj4, ṯḥnt4
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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 ṯḥn
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to gleam, to shine out
- (intransitive, chiefly of body parts) to be(come) cheerful or display cheer
Inflection
Conjugation of ṯḥn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ṯḥn, geminated stem: ṯḥnn
| infinitival forms
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imperative
|
| infinitive
|
negatival complement
|
complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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ṯḥn
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ṯḥnw, ṯḥn
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ṯḥnt
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ṯḥn
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ṯḥn
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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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ṯḥn
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ḥr ṯḥn
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m ṯḥn
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r ṯḥn
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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ṯḥn.n
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consecutive
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ṯḥn.jn
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| terminative
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ṯḥnt
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| perfective3
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ṯḥn
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obligative1
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ṯḥn.ḫr
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| imperfective
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ṯḥn
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| prospective3
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ṯḥn
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potentialis1
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ṯḥn.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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ṯḥn
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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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ṯḥn.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ṯḥn
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ṯḥn
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ṯḥn, ṯḥnw5, ṯḥny5
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| imperfective
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ṯḥn, ṯḥny, ṯḥnw5
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ṯḥn, ṯḥnj6, ṯḥny6
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ṯḥn, ṯḥnw5
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| prospective
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ṯḥn, ṯḥntj7
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ṯḥntj4, ṯḥnt4
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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 ṯḥn
Derived terms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 389.12–390.8, 391–393.22
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 306
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 181.
