ṯḥn

Egyptian

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛhɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: tjehen

3-lit.

(transitive or intransitive (with n or r)) to encounter, to meet (someone) on the way
(transitive) to touch (something) in order to harm it, to disturb, to molest
(transitive or intransitive (with ḥnꜥ)) to engage (an enemy) in battle

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ṯḥn	ṯḥnw, ṯḥn	ṯḥnt	ṯḥn	ṯḥn

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ṯḥn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	ṯḥn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ṯḥn	ṯḥn, ṯḥnw⁵, ṯḥny⁵
imperfective	ṯḥn, ṯḥny, ṯḥnw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ṯḥn, ṯḥnj⁶, ṯḥny⁶	ṯḥn, ṯḥnw⁵
prospective	ṯḥn, ṯḥntj⁷	—	ṯḥntj⁴, ṯḥnt⁴
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 hieroglyphic writings of ṯḥn

ṯḥn

[18th Dynasty]

in hieratic

3-lit.

(intransitive) to gleam, to shine out [since the Pyramid Texts]
(intransitive, chiefly of body parts) to be(come) cheerful or display cheer [chiefly Greco-Roman Period]

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ṯḥn	ṯḥnw, ṯḥn	ṯḥnt	ṯḥn	ṯḥn

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	ṯḥn.n	—	—
perfective	ṯḥn	ṯḥn	ṯḥn, ṯḥnw⁵, ṯḥny⁵
imperfective	ṯḥn, ṯḥny, ṯḥnw⁵	ṯḥn, ṯḥnj⁶, ṯḥny⁶	ṯḥn, ṯḥnw⁵
prospective	ṯḥn, ṯḥntj⁷	ṯḥntj⁴, ṯḥnt⁴
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 hieroglyphic writings of ṯḥn

tjḥn

ṯḥn

[since the 18th Dynasty]

abbreviation

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 389.12–390.8, 391–393.22
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 306
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 181.