ḫnr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: khener

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to confine, to restrain (enemies, criminals, etc.)
2. (transitive) to forbid (a name) to be spoken [Late Period]
3. (transitive) to hinder, to close off the way of (the dead in the afterworld)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḫnr	ḫnrw, ḫnr	ḫnrt	ḫnr	ḫnr

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ḫnr.n	ḫnrw, ḫnr	consecutive	ḫnr.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ḫnrt
perfective3	ḫnr	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ḫnr.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḫnr	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ḫnr	ḫnrr	potentialis1	ḫnr.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ḫnr	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḫnr.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ḫnr	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫnr	ḫnr, ḫnrw5, ḫnry5
imperfective	ḫnr, ḫnry, ḫnrw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫnr, ḫnrj6, ḫnry6	ḫnr, ḫnrw5
prospective	ḫnr, ḫnrtj7	—	ḫnrtj4, ḫnrt4
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 forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnr  

ḫnr

Derived terms

• ḫnrt

Noun

 m

1. prisoner, restrained enemy or criminal

Inflection

Declension of ḫnr (masculine)

singular	ḫnr
dual	ḫnrwj
plural	ḫnrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnr  

ḫnrj

Noun

 m

1. harem (as an institution, not a building), including its inmates

Inflection

Declension of ḫnr (masculine)

singular	ḫnr
dual	ḫnrwj
plural	ḫnrw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnr  

ḫnr

Derived terms

• pr-ḫnr

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 295–296.8, 296.11, 297.8–297.14
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 193