ḥn
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: hen
Verb
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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
editConjugation of ḥn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḥn, geminated stem: ḥnn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḥn |
ḥnw, ḥn |
ḥnt |
ḥn, j.ḥn |
ḥn, j.ḥn |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḥn |
ḥr ḥn |
m ḥn |
r ḥn |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ḥn.n |
ḥnw, ḥn |
consecutive | ḥn.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ḥnt | ||||
perfective3 | ḥn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | ḥn.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ḥn, j.ḥn1 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ḥn |
ḥnn |
potentialis1 | ḥn.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ḥn, j.ḥn1 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ḥn.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | ḥn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ḥn |
ḥnn, ḥnnj6, ḥn2, ḥnw2 5, ḥny2 5 |
imperfective | j.ḥn1, ḥn, ḥny, ḥnw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
j.ḥn1, j.ḥnw1 5, ḥn, ḥnj6, ḥny6 |
ḥn, ḥnw5 |
prospective | ḥn, ḥntj7 |
— | ḥntj4, ḥnt4 | |
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Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥn
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ḥn | |||
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Descendants
edit- Coptic: ϩⲱⲛ (hōn)
Verb
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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
editConjugation of ḥn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḥn, geminated stem: ḥnn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḥn |
ḥnw, ḥn |
ḥnt |
ḥn, j.ḥn |
ḥn, j.ḥn |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḥn |
ḥr ḥn |
m ḥn |
r ḥn |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | ḥn.n |
consecutive | ḥn.jn |
terminative | ḥnt | ||
perfective3 | ḥn |
obligative1 | ḥn.ḫr |
imperfective | ḥn, j.ḥn1 | ||
prospective3 | ḥn |
potentialis1 | ḥn.kꜣ |
subjunctive | ḥn, j.ḥn1 |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | ḥn.n |
— | — |
perfective | ḥn |
ḥn |
ḥnn, ḥnnj6, ḥn2, ḥnw2 5, ḥny2 5 |
imperfective | j.ḥn1, ḥn, ḥny, ḥnw5 |
j.ḥn1, j.ḥnw1 5, ḥn, ḥnj6, ḥny6 |
ḥn, ḥnw5 |
prospective | ḥn, ḥntj7 |
ḥntj4, ḥnt4 | |
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References
edit- “ḥn (lemma ID 105900)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, 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, 2004–15 December 2022
- “ḥn (lemma ID 105920)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[2], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, 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, 2004–15 December 2022
- “ḥn (lemma ID 105930)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[3], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, 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, 2004–15 December 2022
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[4], 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[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 83, 465.