mḥn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive, usually of serpents) to encircle, to coil around

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
mḥn	mḥnw, mḥn	mḥnt	mḥn	mḥn

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

suffix conjugation
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	obligative1	mḥn.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	mḥn	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	mḥn	mḥnn	potentialis1	mḥn.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	mḥn	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
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
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

• mḥnyt

Proper noun

 m

1. the Coiled One (a serpent spirit)

Noun

 m

1. mehen, a board game [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of mḥn (masculine)

singular	mḥn
dual	mḥnwj
plural	mḥnw

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]