ḫrp

See also: HRP and ḥrp

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈχaːɾap/ → /ˈχaːɾap/ → /ˈχaːɾəp/ → /ˈχoːɾəp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχaːɾap/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχaːɾap/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχaːɾəp/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈχoːɾəp/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛrɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: kherep

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to oversee, to govern, to direct

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫrp ḫrpw, ḫrp ḫrpt ḫrp ḫrp ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫrp ḥr ḫrp m ḫrp r ḫrp suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḫrp.n ḫrpw, ḫrp consecutive ḫrp.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḫrpt perfective3 ḫrp active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḫrp.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḫrp active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḫrp ḫrpp potentialis1 ḫrp.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḫrp active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḫrp.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḫrp active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫrp ḫrp, ḫrpw5, ḫrpy5 imperfective ḫrp, ḫrpy, ḫrpw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫrp, ḫrpj6, ḫrpy6 ḫrp, ḫrpw5 prospective ḫrp, ḫrptj7 — ḫrptj4, ḫrpt4 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 ḫrp  

ḫrp	ḫrp

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲱⲣⲡ (šōrp)

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 214.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 39