rhn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːhan/ → /ˈɾaːhan/ → /ˈɾaːhən/ → /ˈɾoːhən/

• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːhan/
• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːhan/
• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːhən/
• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoːhən/

 

• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾihnit/ → /ˈɾihniʔ/ → /ˈɾehna/ → /ˈɾehnə/

• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾihnit/
• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾihniʔ/
• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾehna/
• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾehnə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛhɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: rehen

Verb

 3-lit. or 4ae inf. (intransitive)

1. to lean, to be supported (by) or propped up [with ḥr ‘on’]
2. to depend or rely [with ḥr ‘on’]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural rhn rhnw, rhn rhnt rhn rhn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 rhn ḥr rhn m rhn r rhn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect rhn.n consecutive rhn.jn terminative rhnt perfective3 rhn obligative1 rhn.ḫr imperfective rhn prospective3 rhn potentialis1 rhn.kꜣ subjunctive rhn verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect rhn.n — — perfective rhn rhn rhn, rhnw5, rhny5 imperfective rhn, rhny, rhnw5 rhn, rhnj6, rhny6 rhn, rhnw5 prospective rhn, rhntj7 rhntj4, rhnt4 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.

Allen instead considers this a 4ae inf. verb rhnj:

Conjugation of rhnj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: rhn, geminated stem: rhnn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural rhn rhnw, rhnyw, rhn rhnt, rhnwt, rhnyt rhn rhn, rhny ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 rhn8 ḥr rhn m rhn r rhn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect rhn.n consecutive rhn.jn terminative rhnt perfective3 rhn obligative1 rhn.ḫr imperfective rhn, rhny prospective3 rhnw, rhn, rhny potentialis1 rhn.kꜣ subjunctive rhn, rhny verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect rhn.n — — perfective rhnw1, rhny, rhn rhn rhny, rhn imperfective rhnn, rhnny, rhnnw5 rhnn, rhnnj6, rhnny6 rhnn, rhnnw5 prospective rhnw1, rhny, rhn, rhntj7 rhnwtj1 4, rhntj4, rhnt4 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. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rhn  

rhꜣn

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 213.
• Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 274, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN