ḥtp

See also: Htp and HTP

Egyptian
FWOTD – 27 May 2014

Pronunciation

(participle:)

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈħaːtip/ → /ˈħaːtip/ → /ˈħoːtəp/

Noun
Htp
t p

 m

  1. peace, satisfaction
    • 12th Dynasty, Stela of Amenemhat, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, E567:
      D&d t
      n
      f      		 M18iwmHtp
      t p      		 in
      wr      		 A1Z3nw
      Z1      		 AbbDw
      O49
      ḏd.t(w) n.f jjw m ḥtp jn wrw nw ꜣbḏw
      May "welcome in peace" be said to him by the great of Abydos.
  2. an altar
  3. an offering, sacrifice
    • Standard Offering formula:
      M23t
      Htp      		 diQ1D4
      nb      		 Ddd
      O49 t      		 wZ1nTraA
      nb      		 AbbN26
      O49
      ḥtp-ḏj-nswt wsjr nb ḏdw nṯr ꜥꜣ nb ꜣbḏw […]
      A royal offering of Osiris, Lord of Djedu, the Great God, Lord of Abydos, […]

Inflection
Declension of ḥtp (masculine)
singular ḥtp
dual ḥtpwj
plural ḥtpw

Derived terms

Proper noun
Htp
t p

 m

  1. a male given name, Hetep or Hotep

Verb
Htp
t p

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to satisfy, to make content
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) content or satisfied (+ m: with)
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.8–1.9:
      irswrriA2kHn
      a      		 t
      x      		 wW22A1O43pa
      k      		 iwibZ1fHtp
      t      		 pwY1
      jr swrj.k ḥnꜥ tḫw šzp.k jw jb.f ḥtp.w
      If you drink with a drunkard, you should partake when his heart is satisfied.
  3. (intransitive) to (go to) rest, to be(come) at peace
  4. (intransitive, of the sun) to set
  5. (intransitive) to be(come) gracious (+ n: to)

Inflection
Conjugation of ḥtp (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥtp, geminated stem: ḥtpp
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḥtp
 ḥtpw, ḥtp
 ḥtpt
 ḥtp
 ḥtp
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḥtp
 ḥr ḥtp
 m ḥtp
 r ḥtp
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḥtp.n
 ḥtpw, ḥtp
 consecutive ḥtp.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḥtpt
perfective3 ḥtp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 ḥtp.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḥtp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḥtp
 ḥtpp
 potentialis1 ḥtp.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḥtp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḥtp.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective ḥtp
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ḥtp
 ḥtp, ḥtpw5, ḥtpy5
imperfective ḥtp, ḥtpy, ḥtpw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ḥtp, ḥtpj6, ḥtpy6
 ḥtp, ḥtpw5
prospective ḥtp, ḥtptj7
 — ḥtptj4, ḥtpt4
  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.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥtp  
Htp
ḥtp

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Demotic: ḥtp
  • → English: hotep

References
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 274.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 70
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