wnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnit/ → /ˈwiːniʔ/ → /ˈwiːna/ → /ˈwiːnə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːniʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːna/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛni/
  • Conventional anglicization: weni

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive or reflexive, usually in the imperative) to rush, to hurry
2. (transitive or intransitive with ḥr) to pass by
3. (transitive) to ignore, to take no heed of (evil, speech, etc.)
4. (transitive) to neglect or dismiss (a person)

Inflection

Conjugation of wnj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: wn, geminated stem: wnn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wnt, wnj wnw, wn wnt, wnwt, wnyt wn wn, wny ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wn8, wnn8 ḥr wnt, ḥr wnj m wnt, m wnj r wnt, r wnj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect wn.n wnw, wn, wny consecutive wn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative wnt, wnyt perfective3 wn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 wn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective wn, wny active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 wnw, wn, wny wnw, wn, wny potentialis1 wn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive wn, wny active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect wn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective wnw1, wny, wn active + .tj1, .tw2 wn wny, wn imperfective wnn, wnny, wnnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 wnn, wnnj6, wnny6 wnn, wnnw5 prospective wnw1, wny, wn, wntj7 — wnwtj1 4, wntj4, wnt4 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 wnj  

wnj

[New Kingdom]

Descendants

• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲓⲛⲓ (ouini)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲉ (oueine)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 313.10–314.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 61