ḥpt

See also: HPT and Hpt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: hepet

Noun

 f

1. steering oar for a ship: the implement depicted in the hieroglyph

Inflection

Declension of ḥpt (feminine)

singular	ḥpt
dual	ḥptj
plural	ḥpwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥpt  

ḥpt	ḥpt

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to embrace
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 5–6:

     rḏj ḥknw dwꜣ-nṯr z nb ḥr ḥpt snnw.f

     Praise has been given, the god has been thanked, and every man is embracing his fellow.

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḥpt ḥptw, ḥpt ḥptt ḥpt ḥpt ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḥpt ḥr ḥpt m ḥpt r ḥpt suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḥpt.n ḥptw, ḥpt consecutive ḥpt.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḥptt perfective3 ḥpt active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḥpt.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḥpt active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḥpt ḥptt potentialis1 ḥpt.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḥpt active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḥpt.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḥpt active + .tj1, .tw2 ḥpt ḥpt, ḥptw5, ḥpty5 imperfective ḥpt, ḥpty, ḥptw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḥpt, ḥptj6, ḥpty6 ḥpt, ḥptw5 prospective ḥpt, ḥpttj7 — ḥpttj4, ḥptt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥpt  

ḥpt

Synonyms

• jnq
• qnj

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 67.10–67.16, 68.4, 71.16–72.8
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 168
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 308.