ḫpj
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛpi/
- Conventional anglicization: khepi
Verb
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3ae inf.
- (intransitive) to travel, to walk
- (intransitive, euphemistic) to die, to pass away
- c. 2015 B.C.E., Meru, Stela of Meru (Turin 1447), textfield lines 2-4:
- j ꜥnḫw tp(j)w tꜣ
wnnt(j).s⟨n⟩ m šmsw n(j) ḫnt(j)-jmntjw n(j) wp-wꜣwt mrrw ꜥnḫ msḏḏw ḫpt
wꜥbw nw nṯr-ꜥꜣ ḥmw-nṯr nbw nw ꜣbḏw - O living ones who are on the earth,
who will be in the retinue of Khentamentiu and Wepwawet, who love life and hate dying,
cleaner-priests of the elder god and all priests of Abydos!
- j ꜥnḫw tp(j)w tꜣ
- c. 2015 B.C.E., Meru, Stela of Meru (Turin 1447), textfield lines 2-4:
Inflection
editConjugation of ḫpj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḫp, geminated stem: ḫpp
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḫpt, ḫpj |
ḫpw, ḫp |
ḫpt, ḫpwt, ḫpyt |
ḫp |
ḫp, ḫpy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḫp8, ḫpp8 |
ḥr ḫpt, ḥr ḫpj |
m ḫpt, m ḫpj |
r ḫpt, r ḫpj |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | ḫp.n |
consecutive | ḫp.jn |
terminative | ḫpt, ḫpyt | ||
perfective3 | ḫp |
obligative1 | ḫp.ḫr |
imperfective | ḫp, ḫpy | ||
prospective3 | ḫpw, ḫp, ḫpy |
potentialis1 | ḫp.kꜣ |
subjunctive | ḫp, ḫpy |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | ḫp.n |
— | — |
perfective | ḫpw1, ḫpy, ḫp |
ḫp |
ḫpy, ḫp |
imperfective | ḫpp, ḫppy, ḫppw5 |
ḫpp, ḫppj6, ḫppy6 |
ḫpp, ḫppw5 |
prospective | ḫpw1, ḫpy, ḫp, ḫptj7 |
ḫpwtj1 4, ḫptj4, ḫpt4 | |
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Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫpj
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ḫpj | |||
meaning ‘to die’ |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 158, 255.