rhn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːhan/ → /ˈɾaːhan/ → /ˈɾaːhən/ → /ˈɾoːhən/

• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːhan/
• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːhan/
• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːhən/
• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoːhən/

 

• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾihnit/ → /ˈɾihniʔ/ → /ˈɾehna/ → /ˈɾehnə/

• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾihnit/
• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾihniʔ/
• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾehna/
• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾehnə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛhɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: rehen

Verb

 3-lit. or 4ae inf. (intransitive)

1. to lean, to be supported (by) or propped up [with ḥr ‘on’]
2. to depend or rely [with ḥr ‘on’]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
rhn	rhnw, rhn	rhnt	rhn	rhn

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

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	rhn.n	—	—
perfective	rhn	rhn	rhn, rhnw5, rhny5
imperfective	rhn, rhny, rhnw5	rhn, rhnj6, rhny6	rhn, rhnw5
prospective	rhn, rhntj7	rhntj4, rhnt4
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.

Allen instead considers this a 4ae inf. verb rhnj:

Conjugation of rhnj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: rhn, geminated stem: rhnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
rhn	rhnw, rhnyw, rhn	rhnt, rhnwt, rhnyt	rhn	rhn, rhny

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
rhn8	ḥr rhn	m rhn	r rhn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	rhn.n	consecutive	rhn.jn
terminative	rhnt
perfective3	rhn	obligative1	rhn.ḫr
imperfective	rhn, rhny
prospective3	rhnw, rhn, rhny	potentialis1	rhn.kꜣ
subjunctive	rhn, rhny

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	rhn.n	—	—
perfective	rhnw1, rhny, rhn	rhn	rhny, rhn
imperfective	rhnn, rhnny, rhnnw5	rhnn, rhnnj6, rhnny6	rhnn, rhnnw5
prospective	rhnw1, rhny, rhn, rhntj7	rhnwtj1 4, rhntj4, rhnt4
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. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rhn  

rhꜣn

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 213.
• Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 274, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN