nḫn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛxɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: nekhen

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) a child

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nḫn nḫnw, nḫn nḫnt nḫn nḫn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nḫn ḥr nḫn m nḫn r nḫn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nḫn.n consecutive nḫn.jn terminative nḫnt perfective3 nḫn obligative1 nḫn.ḫr imperfective nḫn prospective3 nḫn potentialis1 nḫn.kꜣ subjunctive nḫn verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nḫn.n — — perfective nḫn nḫn nḫn, nḫnw5, nḫny5 imperfective nḫn, nḫny, nḫnw5 nḫn, nḫnj6, nḫny6 nḫn, nḫnw5 prospective nḫn, nḫntj7 nḫntj4, nḫnt4 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.

Derived terms

• nḫnw
• nḫnt
• snḫn

Noun

 m

1. shrine

Inflection

Declension of nḫn (masculine)

singular	nḫn
dual	nḫnwj
plural	nḫnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nḫn  

nḫn

[New Kingdom]

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. Hieraconpolis

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nḫn  

nḫn	nḫn	nḫn	nḫn
	[New Kingdom]

Derived terms

• ẖn-nḫn

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 310.4–310.13, 311.15–311.18
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 138