jnq

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to embrace

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
jnq	jnqw, jnq	jnqt	jnq	jnq

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	jnq.n	jnqw, jnq	consecutive	jnq.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	jnqt
perfective3	jnq	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	jnq.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	jnq	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	jnq	jnqq	potentialis1	jnq.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	jnq	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	jnq.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	jnq	active + .tj1, .tw2	jnq	jnq, jnqw5, jnqy5
imperfective	jnq, jnqy, jnqw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	jnq, jnqj6, jnqy6	jnq, jnqw5
prospective	jnq, jnqtj7	—	jnqtj4, jnqt4
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.

Synonyms

• qnj
• ḥpt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 456.