mnḫ

See also: MNH and mnḥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb
mn
n		 x U22
Y1

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be effective
  2. (intransitive) to be worthwhile

Inflection
Conjugation of mnḫ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mnḫ, geminated stem: mnḫḫ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
mnḫ
 mnḫw, mnḫ
 mnḫt
 mnḫ
 mnḫ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
mnḫ
 ḥr mnḫ
 m mnḫ
 r mnḫ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect mnḫ.n
 consecutive mnḫ.jn
terminative mnḫt
perfective3 mnḫ
 obligative1 mnḫ.ḫr
imperfective mnḫ
prospective3 mnḫ
 potentialis1 mnḫ.kꜣ
subjunctive mnḫ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect mnḫ.n
 — —
perfective mnḫ
 mnḫ
 mnḫ, mnḫw5, mnḫy5
imperfective mnḫ, mnḫy, mnḫw5
 mnḫ, mnḫj6, mnḫy6
 mnḫ, mnḫw5
prospective mnḫ, mnḫtj7
 mnḫtj4, mnḫt4
  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 mnḫ  
mn
n		 x
Y1
mnḫ

Derived terms

Adjective
mn
n		 x U22
Y1
  1. perfective active participle of mnḫ: effective, worthwhile

Inflection
Declension of mnḫ (perfective active participle)
masculine feminine
singular mnḫ
 mnḫt
dual mnḫwj
 mnḫtj
plural mnḫw
 mnḫwt1, mnḫt2
  1. Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
  2. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
    In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

Derived terms

See under the verb above.

References
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