ḥn

See also: hn, HN, hN, h*n, .hn, Hn., ḫn, and ẖn

Egyptian

2-lit.

(transitive) to bring (a temple, the land, etc.) into order
(transitive) to equip, to supply (buildings or people) (+ m: with)
(transitive) to protect, to guard (something holy: a temple, tomb, or god) (+ r: against)
(transitive) to order, to command (something to be done)
(transitive) to order, to command (someone) (+ r and following infinitive: to do (something))
(transitive) to say forcefully, to impress (+ n: to, upon (someone))
(transitive) to engage (people) to do something
(transitive, with person entrusted after n) to entrust or charge (someone) to do (something)

Conjugation of ḥn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḥn, geminated stem: ḥnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ḥn	ḥnw, ḥn	ḥnt	ḥn, j.ḥn	ḥn, j.ḥn

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḥn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	ḥn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ḥn	ḥnn, ḥnnj⁶, ḥn², ḥnw^{2 5}, ḥny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.ḥn¹, ḥn, ḥny, ḥnw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.ḥn¹, j.ḥnw^{1 5}, ḥn, ḥnj⁶, ḥny⁶	ḥn, ḥnw⁵
prospective	ḥn, ḥntj⁷	—	ḥntj⁴, ḥnt⁴
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 hieroglyphic writings of ḥn

ḥn

[Old Kingdom]

2-lit.

(intransitive) to hurry, to rush, to go with speed and purpose (+ r and infinitive or + following sentence: to go do (something); + r: to (a place); + n: to (a person); + m: from (a place); + ḥnꜥ or jrm: with (someone))
(intransitive) to attack

Conjugation of ḥn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḥn, geminated stem: ḥnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ḥn	ḥnw, ḥn	ḥnt	ḥn, j.ḥn	ḥn, j.ḥn

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	ḥn.n	—	—
perfective	ḥn	ḥn	ḥnn, ḥnnj⁶, ḥn², ḥnw^{2 5}, ḥny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.ḥn¹, ḥn, ḥny, ḥnw⁵	j.ḥn¹, j.ḥnw^{1 5}, ḥn, ḥnj⁶, ḥny⁶	ḥn, ḥnw⁵
prospective	ḥn, ḥntj⁷	ḥntj⁴, ḥnt⁴
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.

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 101.1–101.20, 102–103.22
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 171
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 465 page 83, 465.

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