jnḥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /inɛh/
  • Conventional anglicization: ineh

Noun

 m

1. (usually in the dual) eyebrow

Inflection

Declension of jnḥ (masculine)

singular	jnḥ
dual	jnḥwj
plural	jnḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnḥ  

jnḥwj	jnḥwj
[Old Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]
in the dual	in the dual

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲉⲛϩ (enh), ⲛϩ (nh)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲛϩ (enh), ⲛϩ (nh)

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to surround, to enclose, to wall in (a place) (+ m: with, in (a wall, columns, etc.)) [since the 18th Dynasty]
2. (transitive) to frame, to rim, to decorate the edges of (a door, vessel, or other object) (+ m: with (inscriptions, metal, gold, etc.)) [since the 18th Dynasty]
3. (transitive, of rays of light) to surround, to embrace the whole of, to fill
4. (transitive) to surround, to encircle (enemy forces)
5. (transitive, of companions) to surround, to accompany (someone) [Greco-Roman Period]
6. (transitive, with m) to clothe with (an article of clothing) [Greco-Roman Period]
7. (transitive) to enclose protectively

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural jnḥ jnḥw, jnḥ jnḥt jnḥ jnḥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 jnḥ ḥr jnḥ m jnḥ r jnḥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect jnḥ.n jnḥw, jnḥ consecutive jnḥ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative jnḥt perfective3 jnḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 jnḥ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective jnḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 jnḥ jnḥḥ potentialis1 jnḥ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive jnḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect jnḥ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective jnḥ active + .tj1, .tw2 jnḥ jnḥ, jnḥw5, jnḥy5 imperfective jnḥ, jnḥy, jnḥw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 jnḥ, jnḥj6, jnḥy6 jnḥ, jnḥw5 prospective jnḥ, jnḥtj7 — jnḥtj4, jnḥt4 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 jnḥ  

jnḥ

Derived terms

• jnḥw

References

• “jnḥ (lemma ID 27700)” and “jnḥ (lemma ID 27710)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 99.1–99.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 24
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 125, 128