jnḥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. (usually in the dual) eyebrow

Inflection
Declension of jnḥ (masculine)
singular jnḥ
dual jnḥwj
plural jnḥw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnḥ  

jnḥwj jnḥwj
[Old Kingdom] [Greco-Roman Period]
in the dual in the dual

Descendants
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲉⲛϩ (enh), ⲛϩ (nh)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲛϩ (enh), ⲛϩ (nh)

Verb


 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to surround, to enclose, to wall in (a place) (+ m: with, in (a wall, columns, etc.)) [since the 18th Dynasty]
  2. (transitive) to frame, to rim, to decorate the edges of (a door, vessel, or other object) (+ m: with (inscriptions, metal, gold, etc.)) [since the 18th Dynasty]
  3. (transitive, of rays of light) to surround, to embrace the whole of, to fill
  4. (transitive) to surround, to encircle (enemy forces)
  5. (transitive, of companions) to surround, to accompany (someone) [Greco-Roman Period]
  6. (transitive, with m) to clothe with (an article of clothing) [Greco-Roman Period]
  7. (transitive) to enclose protectively

Inflection
Conjugation of jnḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jnḥ, geminated stem: jnḥḥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
jnḥ
 jnḥw, jnḥ
 jnḥt
 jnḥ
 jnḥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
jnḥ
 ḥr jnḥ
 m jnḥ
 r jnḥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect jnḥ.n
 jnḥw, jnḥ
 consecutive jnḥ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative jnḥt
perfective3 jnḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 jnḥ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective jnḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 jnḥ
 jnḥḥ
 potentialis1 jnḥ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive jnḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect jnḥ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective jnḥ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 jnḥ
 jnḥ, jnḥw5, jnḥy5
imperfective jnḥ, jnḥy, jnḥw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 jnḥ, jnḥj6, jnḥy6
 jnḥ, jnḥw5
prospective jnḥ, jnḥtj7
 — jnḥtj4, jnḥt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnḥ  
jnḥ

Derived terms

References
  • “jnḥ (lemma ID 27700)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • “jnḥ (lemma ID 27710)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 99.1–99.13
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 24
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 125, 128
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