2ae gem. or 2-lit.
- (transitive) to load, to burden (something) so that it bends down
- (transitive) to incline or nod (one’s head) in assent
- (transitive) to heed, to attend to (someone’s words or speech)
- (reflexive) to take one’s leave (+ n or ḥr: of (someone or something))
- (intransitive, of the heart) to trust (+ ḥr: in)
- (intransitive) to incline one’s head or nod in assent
Originally a second geminate verb:
Conjugation of hnn (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: hn, geminated stem: hnn
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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hnn8
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hnn
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hnnt
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hnn, hn
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hnn, hn
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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hnn, hn
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ḥr hnn
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m hnn
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r hnn
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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hn.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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hn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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hn
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hn, hnw5, hny5
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| imperfective
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hnn, hnny, hnnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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hnn, hnnj6, hnny6
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hnn, hnnw5
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| prospective
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hn, hntj7
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—
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hnntj4, hnnt4
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- 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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
- Only in the masculine singular.
- Only in the masculine.
- Only in the feminine.
- hn before suffix pronouns.
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Later changed to inflect as a strong biliteral:
Conjugation of hn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: hn, geminated stem: hnn
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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hn
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hnw, hn
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hnt
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hn, j.hn
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hn, j.hn
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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hn
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ḥr hn
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m hn
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r hn
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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hn.n
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hnw, hn
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consecutive
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hn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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hnt
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| perfective3
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hn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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hn.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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hn, j.hn1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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hn
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hnn
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potentialis1
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hn.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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hn, j.hn1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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hn.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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hn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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hn
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hnn, hnnj6, hn2, hnw2 5, hny2 5
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| imperfective
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j.hn1, hn, hny, hnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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j.hn1, j.hnw1 5, hn, hnj6, hny6
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hn, hnw5
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| prospective
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hn, hntj7
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—
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hntj4, hnt4
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- 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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
- Only in the masculine singular.
- Only in the masculine.
- Only in the feminine.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hnn
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 494.10–495.12
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 159
