rnpj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾinpit/ → /ˈɾinpiʔ/ → /ˈɾenpa/ → /ˈɾenpə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾinpit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾinpiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾenpa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾenpə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛnɛpi/
  • Conventional anglicization: renepi

Verb

 4ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) young
2. (intransitive) to be(come) fresh

Inflection

Conjugation of rnpj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: rnp

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural rnpt, rnpj rnpw, rnpyw, rnp rnpt, rnpwt, rnpyt rnp rnp, rnpy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 rnp8 ḥr rnpt, ḥr rnpj m rnpt, ḥr rnpj r rnpt, ḥr rnpj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect rnp.n consecutive rnp.jn terminative rnpt perfective3 rnp obligative1 rnp.ḫr imperfective rnp, rnpy prospective3 rnpw, rnp, rnpy potentialis1 rnp.kꜣ subjunctive rnp, rnpy verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect rnp.n — — perfective rnpw1, rnpy, rnp rnp rnpy, rnp imperfective rnp, rnpy, rnpw5 rnp, rnpj6, rnpy6 rnp, rnpw5 prospective rnpw1, rnpy, rnp, rnptj7 rnpwtj1 4, rnptj4, rnpt4 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.

Derived terms

• rnpwt

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 250.