mḥn
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛħɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: mehen
Verb
3-lit.
- to coil (of serpents)
Inflection
Conjugation of mḥn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mḥn, geminated stem: mḥnn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
mḥn | mḥnw, mḥn | mḥnt | mḥn | mḥn |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
mḥn | ḥr mḥn | m mḥn | r mḥn |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | mḥn.n | mḥnw, mḥn | consecutive | mḥn.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | mḥnt | ||||
perfective3 | mḥn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | mḥn.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | mḥn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | mḥn | mḥnn | potentialis | mḥn.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | mḥn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | mḥn.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | mḥn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | mḥn | mḥn, mḥnw5, mḥny5 |
imperfective | mḥn, mḥny, mḥnw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | mḥn, mḥnj6, mḥny6 | mḥn, mḥnw5 |
prospective | mḥn, mḥntj7 | — | mḥntj4, mḥnt4 | |
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Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛħɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: mehen
Noun
m
- the coiled one (a serpent spirit)
Inflection
Declension of mḥn (masculine)
singular | mḥn |
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dual | mḥnwj |
plural | mḥnw |
Derived terms
- mḥnyt
References
- Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order