jnq

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /inɛk/
  • Conventional anglicization: ineq

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to embrace

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural jnq jnqw, jnq jnqt jnq jnq ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 jnq ḥr jnq m jnq r jnq suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect jnq.n jnqw, jnq consecutive jnq.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative jnqt perfective3 jnq active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 jnq.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective jnq active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 jnq jnqq potentialis1 jnq.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive jnq active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect jnq.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective jnq active + .tj1, .tw2 jnq jnq, jnqw5, jnqy5 imperfective jnq, jnqy, jnqw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 jnq, jnqj6, jnqy6 jnq, jnqw5 prospective jnq, jnqtj7 — jnqtj4, jnqt4 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.

Synonyms

• qnj
• ḥpt

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 456.