ḥkn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛkɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: heken

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to cheer
2. (transitive) to praise, to acclaim

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḥkn ḥknw, ḥkn ḥknt ḥkn ḥkn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḥkn ḥr ḥkn m ḥkn r ḥkn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḥkn.n ḥknw, ḥkn consecutive ḥkn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḥknt perfective3 ḥkn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḥkn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḥkn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḥkn ḥknn potentialis1 ḥkn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḥkn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḥkn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḥkn active + .tj1, .tw2 ḥkn ḥkn, ḥknw5, ḥkny5 imperfective ḥkn, ḥkny, ḥknw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḥkn, ḥknj6, ḥkny6 ḥkn, ḥknw5 prospective ḥkn, ḥkntj7 — ḥkntj4, ḥknt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 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. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Derived terms

• ḥknw

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 98