mnḫ

See also: MNH and mnḥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnɛx/
  • Conventional anglicization: menekh

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be effective
2. (intransitive) to be worthwhile

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural mnḫ mnḫw, mnḫ mnḫt mnḫ mnḫ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 mnḫ ḥr mnḫ m mnḫ r mnḫ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect mnḫ.n consecutive mnḫ.jn terminative mnḫt perfective3 mnḫ obligative1 mnḫ.ḫr imperfective mnḫ prospective3 mnḫ potentialis1 mnḫ.kꜣ subjunctive mnḫ verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect mnḫ.n — — perfective mnḫ mnḫ mnḫ, mnḫw5, mnḫy5 imperfective mnḫ, mnḫy, mnḫw5 mnḫ, mnḫj6, mnḫy6 mnḫ, mnḫw5 prospective mnḫ, mnḫtj7 mnḫtj4, mnḫt4 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 mnḫ  

mnḫ

Derived terms

• jnr ḥḏ mnḫ n rwḏt
• smnḫ

Adjective

1. perfective active participle of mnḫ: effective, worthwhile

Inflection

Declension of mnḫ (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	mnḫ	mnḫt
dual	mnḫwj	mnḫtj
plural	mnḫw	mnḫwt1, mnḫt2

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

See under the verb above.

Derived terms

See under the verb above.

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 83, 118, 317, 378.