ḥwn
See also: hwn
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /huːn/
- Conventional anglicization: hun
Verb
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3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) young (literally, in body or in akh) [since the Pyramid Texts]
- (intransitive) to (re)gain the strength or vigor of youth, to be rejuvenated
- (transitive) to make young, to rejuvenate [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
editConjugation of ḥwn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥwn, geminated stem: ḥwnn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḥwn |
ḥwnw, ḥwn |
ḥwnt |
ḥwn |
ḥwn |
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḥwn |
ḥr ḥwn |
m ḥwn |
r ḥwn |
suffix conjugation | |||
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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 | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | ḥwn.n |
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perfective | ḥwn |
ḥwn |
ḥwn, ḥwnw5, ḥwny5 |
imperfective | ḥwn, ḥwny, ḥwnw5 |
ḥwn, ḥwnj6, ḥwny6 |
ḥwn, ḥwnw5 |
prospective | ḥwn, ḥwntj7 |
ḥwntj4, ḥwnt4 | |
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Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwn
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Derived terms
editNoun
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m
- childhood, youth [since the 18th Dynasty]
- rejuvenation [since the 21st Dynasty]
- youthful vigor
Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwn
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ḥwn |
Noun
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m
- boy, child
- young man, youth, lad
- son, child (of someone, typically a god) [New Kingdom and Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
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ḥwn | ḥwn | ḥwn |
Noun
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m
- ribroast [since the Middle Kingdom]
Inflection
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ḥwn |
References
edit- 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.