nḫn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb



 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) a child

Inflection

Conjugation of nḫn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: nḫn, geminated stem: nḫnn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
nḫn
nḫnw, nḫn
nḫnt
nḫn
nḫn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
nḫn
ḥr nḫn
m nḫn
r nḫn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect nḫn.n
consecutive nḫn.jn
terminative nḫnt
perfective3 nḫn
obligative1 nḫn.ḫr
imperfective nḫn
prospective3 nḫn
potentialis1 nḫn.kꜣ
subjunctive nḫn
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect nḫn.n
perfective nḫn
nḫn
nḫn, nḫnw5, nḫny5
imperfective nḫn, nḫny, nḫnw5
nḫn, nḫnj6, nḫny6
nḫn, nḫnw5
prospective nḫn, nḫntj7
nḫntj4, nḫnt4

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.

Derived terms

Noun


 m

  1. shrine

Inflection

Declension of nḫn (masculine)
singular nḫn
dual nḫnwj
plural nḫnw

Alternative forms

Proper noun


  m./f. topo.

  1. Hieraconpolis

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