ḫntš

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛntɛʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: khentesh

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to walk about, to fare

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫntš (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ḫntš

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫntš ḫntšw, ḫntš ḫntšt ḫntš ḫntš ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫntš ḥr ḫntš m ḫntš r ḫntš suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ḫntš.n consecutive ḫntš.jn terminative ḫntšt perfective3 ḫntš obligative1 ḫntš.ḫr imperfective ḫntš prospective3 ḫntšw, ḫntš potentialis1 ḫntš.kꜣ subjunctive ḫntš verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ḫntš.n — — perfective ḫntš ḫntš ḫntš, ḫntšw5, ḫntšy5 imperfective ḫntš, ḫntšy, ḫntšw5 ḫntš, ḫntšj6, ḫntšy6 ḫntš, ḫntšw5 prospective ḫntš, ḫntštj7 ḫntšwtj1 4, ḫntštj4, ḫntšt4 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.

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to have enjoyment, to be glad
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 21:

     bw-nb ḫntš(.w) jbw nḏm(.w) ḥꜣtjw ẖr ršwt

     Everybody is glad, minds are sweet, hearts are in joy.

2. (transitive) to rejoice over, to be happy about
3. (transitive) to gladden, to please [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫntš (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ḫntš

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫntš ḫntšw, ḫntš ḫntšt ḫntš ḫntš ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫntš ḥr ḫntš m ḫntš r ḫntš suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḫntš.n ḫntšw, ḫntš consecutive ḫntš.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḫntšt perfective3 ḫntš active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḫntš.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḫntš active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḫntšw, ḫntš ḫntšw, ḫntš potentialis1 ḫntš.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḫntš active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḫntš.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḫntš active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫntš ḫntš, ḫntšw5, ḫntšy5 imperfective ḫntš, ḫntšy, ḫntšw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫntš, ḫntšj6, ḫntšy6 ḫntš, ḫntšw5 prospective ḫntš, ḫntštj7 — ḫntšwtj1 4, ḫntštj4, ḫntšt4 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 ḫntš  

ḫntš

Noun

 m

1. joy

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntš  

ḫntš

Noun

 m

1. Alternative form of ḫntj-š (“orchard”)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 311.6–312.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 195