ẖnj

See also: hnj, ḥnj, and ḫnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛni/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheni

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive or transitive) to row

Inflection

Conjugation of ẖnj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ẖn, geminated stem: ẖnn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ẖnt, ẖnj ẖnw, ẖn ẖnt, ẖnwt, ẖnyt ẖn ẖn, ẖny ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ẖn8, ẖnn8 ḥr ẖnt, ḥr ẖnj m ẖnt, m ẖnj r ẖnt, r ẖnj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ẖn.n ẖnw, ẖn, ẖny consecutive ẖn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ẖnt, ẖnyt perfective3 ẖn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ẖn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ẖn, ẖny active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ẖnw, ẖn, ẖny ẖnw, ẖn, ẖny potentialis1 ẖn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ẖn, ẖny active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ẖn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ẖnw1, ẖny, ẖn active + .tj1, .tw2 ẖn ẖny, ẖn imperfective ẖnn, ẖnny, ẖnnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ẖnn, ẖnnj6, ẖnny6 ẖnn, ẖnnw5 prospective ẖnw1, ẖny, ẖn, ẖntj7 — ẖnwtj1 4, ẖntj4, ẖnt4 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 ẖnj  

ẖnj

Derived terms

• mẖnt
• ẖnyt

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲓⲛⲓ (hini)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲓⲛⲉ (hine)

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 241, 375.