ḥwn

See also: hwn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /huːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: hun

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) young (literally, in body or in akh) [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. (intransitive) to (re)gain the strength or vigor of youth, to be rejuvenated
3. (transitive) to make young, to rejuvenate [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḥwn	ḥwnw, ḥwn	ḥwnt	ḥwn	ḥwn

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	ḥwn.n	consecutive	ḥwn.jn
terminative	ḥwnt
perfective3	ḥwn	obligative1	ḥwn.ḫr
imperfective	ḥwn
prospective3	ḥwn	potentialis1	ḥwn.kꜣ
subjunctive	ḥwn

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	ḥwn.n	—	—
perfective	ḥwn	ḥwn	ḥwn, ḥwnw5, ḥwny5
imperfective	ḥwn, ḥwny, ḥwnw5	ḥwn, ḥwnj6, ḥwny6	ḥwn, ḥwnw5
prospective	ḥwn, ḥwntj7	ḥwntj4, ḥwnt4
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 ḥwn  

ḥwn	ḥwn
[Old Kingdom]

Derived terms

• ḥwnt

Noun

 m

1. childhood, youth [since the 18th Dynasty]
2. rejuvenation [since the 21st Dynasty]
3. youthful vigor

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwn  

ḥwn

Noun

 m

1. boy, child
2. young man, youth, lad
3. son, child (of someone, typically a god) [New Kingdom and Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of ḥwn (masculine)

singular	ḥwn
dual	ḥwnwj
plural	ḥwnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwn  

ḥwn	ḥwn	ḥwn

Noun

 m

1. ribroast [since the Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of ḥwn (masculine)

singular	ḥwn
dual	ḥwnwj
plural	ḥwnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwn  

ḥwn

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 52.2–53.5, 53.7–53.9, 54.3–54.14, 55.3–55.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 166
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 383.