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Egyptian [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
3-lit.
( intransitive ) to be(come) young (literally, in body or in akh ) [since the Pyramid Texts]
( intransitive ) to (re)gain the strength or vigor of youth , to be rejuvenated
( transitive ) to make young , to rejuvenate [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of ḥwn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥwn , geminated stem: ḥwnn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
ḥwn
ḥwnw , ḥwn
ḥwnt
ḥwn
ḥwn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
ḥwn
ḥr ḥwn
m ḥwn
r ḥwn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
ḥwn.n
consecutive
ḥwn.jn
terminative
ḥwnt
perfective 3
ḥwn
obligative1
ḥwn.ḫr
imperfective
ḥwn
prospective 3
ḥwn
potentialis1
ḥwn.kꜣ
subjunctive
ḥwn
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
ḥwn.n
—
—
perfective
ḥwn
ḥwn
ḥwn , ḥwnw 5 , ḥwny 5
imperfective
ḥwn , ḥwny , ḥwnw 5
ḥwn , ḥwnj 6 , ḥwny 6
ḥwn , ḥwnw 5
prospective
ḥwn , ḥwntj 7
ḥwntj 4 , ḥwnt 4
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.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwn
Derived terms [ edit ]
m
childhood , youth [since the 18th Dynasty]
rejuvenation [since the 21st Dynasty]
youthful vigor
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwn
m
boy , child
young man , youth , lad
son , child (of someone, typically a god) [New Kingdom and Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of ḥwn (masculine)
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwn
m
ribroast [since the Middle Kingdom]
Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of ḥwn (masculine)
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwn
References [ edit ]
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1929 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] , volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , pages 52.2–53.5, 53.7–53.9, 54.3–54.14, 55.3–55.4
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN , page 166
James P[eter] Allen (2010 ) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , page 383 .