ḫntj

See also: ẖntj

Egyptian

Etymology 1

ḫnt (“at the head of”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnti/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenti

Adjective

1. foremost

Inflection

Declension of ḫntj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḫntj	ḫntt
dual	ḫntjwj, ḫntwj	ḫnttj
plural	ḫntjw, ḫntw	ḫntwt1, ḫntt2

¹ Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
² From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntj  

ḫnt

Derived terms

• ḫntj-jpt.f
• ḫntj-jmntjw
• ḫntj-ḫtj
• ḫntj-zḥ-nṯr

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈχintit/ → /ˈχintiʔ/ → /ˈχenta/ → /ˈχentə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχintit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχintiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχenta/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχentə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnɛti/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheneti

Verb

 4ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to go forward, to advance, to be(come) foremost
2. (intransitive) to go upstream, to go southwards

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫntj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: ḫnt, geminated stem: ḫntt

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫnt ḫntw, ḫntyw, ḫnt ḫntt, ḫntwt, ḫntyt ḫnt ḫnt, ḫnty ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫnt8 ḥr ḫnt m ḫnt r ḫnt suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ḫnt.n consecutive ḫnt.jn terminative ḫntt perfective3 ḫnt obligative1 ḫnt.ḫr imperfective ḫnt, ḫnty prospective3 ḫntw, ḫnt, ḫnty potentialis1 ḫnt.kꜣ subjunctive ḫnt, ḫnty verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ḫnt.n — — perfective ḫntw1, ḫnty, ḫnt ḫnt ḫnty, ḫnt imperfective ḫntt, ḫntty, ḫnttw5 ḫntt, ḫnttj6, ḫntty6 ḫntt, ḫnttw5 prospective ḫntw1, ḫnty, ḫnt, ḫnttj7 ḫntwtj1 4, ḫnttj4, ḫntt4 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. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntj  

ḫntj

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “go upstream”): ḫdj

Derived terms

• sḫntj
• ḫntyt

Etymology 3

Proper noun

 m

1. an epithet of the god Set

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 91, 168, 229, 258, 334.