nhp

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps compare Hebrew נָאַף for the ‘copulate’ sense, but as the Egyptian verbs are likely identical, with a basic meaning of ‘to leap’, a connection with the Hebrew term is doubtful.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːhap/ → /ˈnaːhap/ → /ˈnaːhəp/ → /ˈnoːhəp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːhap/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːhap/ (infinitive)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːhəp/ (infinitive)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnoːhəp/ (infinitive)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛhɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: nehep

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to leap (+ m-ꜥ: to leap out of reach of, to escape)
2. (intransitive, medicine, of blood vessels) to pulse, to beat
3. (transitive) to throw down [Late Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nhp	nhpw, nhp	nhpt	nhp	nhp

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
nhp	ḥr nhp	m nhp	r nhp

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	nhp.n	consecutive	nhp.jn
terminative	nhpt
perfective3	nhp	obligative1	nhp.ḫr
imperfective	nhp
prospective3	nhp	potentialis1	nhp.kꜣ
subjunctive	nhp

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	nhp.n	—	—
perfective	nhp	nhp	nhp, nhpw5, nhpy5
imperfective	nhp, nhpy, nhpw5	nhp, nhpj6, nhpy6	nhp, nhpw5
prospective	nhp, nhptj7	nhptj4, nhpt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nhp  

nhp

[Old Kingdom]

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive, of people or bulls) to copulate

   Synonyms: dꜣ, dꜣdꜣ, nk

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nhp	nhpw, nhp	nhpt	nhp	nhp

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
nhp	ḥr nhp	m nhp	r nhp

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	nhp.n	consecutive	nhp.jn
terminative	nhpt
perfective3	nhp	obligative1	nhp.ḫr
imperfective	nhp
prospective3	nhp	potentialis1	nhp.kꜣ
subjunctive	nhp

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	nhp.n	—	—
perfective	nhp	nhp	nhp, nhpw5, nhpy5
imperfective	nhp, nhpy, nhpw5	nhp, nhpj6, nhpy6	nhp, nhpw5
prospective	nhp, nhptj7	nhptj4, nhpt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩϩⲃ (nouhb)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 283.7–284.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 135