ḫnp

ḫnp

See also: HNP

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenep

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to snatch, to steal
2. (transitive) to catch (a ball)
3. (transitive) to present (an offering, especially of water)
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 4:

     ḫnp.n n.f nnw mw.f ḫnt n.f mḥ(y)t mss(w) pt ṯꜣw r fnḏ.f r ḥtp.tw jb.f

     Nun has presented his waters to him, and the north wind goes southward for him, for whose nose the sky brings forth breath in order that his heart be contented,

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫnp (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫnp, geminated stem: ḫnpp

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḫnp	ḫnpw, ḫnp	ḫnpt	ḫnp	ḫnp

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ḫnp.n	ḫnpw, ḫnp	consecutive	ḫnp.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ḫnpt
perfective3	ḫnp	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	ḫnp.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḫnp	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ḫnp	ḫnpp	potentialis	ḫnp.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ḫnp	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḫnp.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ḫnp	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫnp	ḫnp, ḫnpw5, ḫnpy5
imperfective	ḫnp, ḫnpy, ḫnpw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫnp, ḫnpj6, ḫnpy6	ḫnp, ḫnpw5
prospective	ḫnp, ḫnptj7	—	ḫnptj4, ḫnpt4
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnp  

ḫnp

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, ISBN 3050022647, page 290.5–290.17
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, ISBN 0-900416-32-7, page 192