ḥnn

See also: hnn and ẖnn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

 m

1. hoe

Inflection

Declension of ḥnn (masculine)

singular	ḥnn
dual	ḥnnwj
plural	ḥnnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnn  

ḥnn	ḥnn

Noun

 m

1. penis

Inflection

Declension of ḥnn (masculine)

singular	ḥnn
dual	ḥnnwj
plural	ḥnnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnn  

ḥnn	ḥnn	ḥnn	ḥnn	ḥnn	ḥnnw	ḥnn

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnn  

ḥnn	ḥnn	ḥnn	ḥnnw	ḥnn	ḥnn	ḥnnw

Synonyms

• bꜣḥ
• bḏꜣ
• mṯꜣ
• nfr

Noun

 m

1. part of a date, with medicinal applications

Inflection

Declension of ḥnn (masculine)

singular	ḥnn
dual	ḥnnwj
plural	ḥnnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnn  

ḥnn	ḥnn

Verb

 2ae gem.

1. (transitive) to hack up
2. (transitive) to hoe

Inflection

Conjugation of ḥnn (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: ḥn, geminated stem: ḥnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḥnn8	ḥnn	ḥnnt	ḥnn, ḥn	ḥnn, ḥn

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ḥnn, ḥn	ḥr ḥnn	m ḥnn	r ḥnn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ḥnn.n, ḥn.n	ḥn	consecutive	ḥn.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ḥnnt
perfective3	ḥn	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ḥnn.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḥnn	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ḥnn	ḥnn	potentialis1	ḥn.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ḥn	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḥn.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ḥn	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḥn	ḥn, ḥnw5, ḥny5
imperfective	ḥnn, ḥnny, ḥnnw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḥnn, ḥnnj6, ḥnny6	ḥnn, ḥnnw5
prospective	ḥn, ḥntj7	—	ḥnntj4, ḥnnt4
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. ḥn before suffix pronouns.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN