gnẖ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛnɛç/
  • Conventional anglicization: genekh

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to plate something with gold
   • c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus, column 7, line 13:

     […] m ssnḏm gnẖ r.f m nbw

     […] of ssnḏm-wood plated with gold.

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
gnẖ	gnẖw, gnẖ	gnẖt	gnẖ	gnẖ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	gnẖ.n	gnẖw, gnẖ	consecutive	gnẖ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	gnẖt
perfective3	gnẖ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	gnẖ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	gnẖ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	gnẖ	gnẖẖ	potentialis1	gnẖ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	gnẖ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	gnẖ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	gnẖ	active + .tj1, .tw2	gnẖ	gnẖ, gnẖw5, gnẖy5
imperfective	gnẖ, gnẖy, gnẖw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	gnẖ, gnẖj6, gnẖy6	gnẖ, gnẖw5
prospective	gnẖ, gnẖtj7	—	gnẖtj4, gnẖt4
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.

References

• Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, lemma-no. 167620