jp

See also: JP, .jp, and J.P.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaːp/ → /jaːp/ → /ʔoːp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaːp/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaːp/ (infinitive)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔoːp/ (infinitive)

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

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to take account of, to assess or recognize
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 19:

     jp n.f tꜣ r ẖrt.f pt tꜣ ẖr st ḥr.f

     The land was accounted as his possession, and the sky and the land were under his care.

2. (transitive) to allot, to assign

Inflection

Conjugation of jp (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: jp, geminated stem: jpp

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
jp	jpw, jp	jpt	jp, j.jp	jp, j.jp

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	jp.n	jpw, jp	consecutive	jp.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	jpt
perfective3	jp	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	jp.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	jp, j.jp1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	jp	jpp	potentialis1	jp.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	jp, j.jp1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	jp.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	jp	active + .tj1, .tw2	jp	jpp, jppj6, jp2, jpw2 5, jpy2 5
imperfective	j.jp1, jp, jpy, jpw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.jp1, j.jpw1 5, jp, jpj6, jpy6	jp, jpw5
prospective	jp, jptj7	—	jptj4, jpt4
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.

Derived terms

• jp ḏt
• sjp

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲱⲡ (ōp)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 162, 251.