hrw

See also: ḫrw, ẖrw, and HRW

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈhaɾwuw//ˈhaʔwuw//ˈhaʔwə//ˈhaʔw/

Noun


 m

  1. day (period of daylight)
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), lower register, caption above farmer with outstretched arms:[2]


      hrw nfr p(j)
      “It’s a beautiful day!”
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 11:




      jt.k grḥ jnt.k hrw
      May you take away the night; may you bring the day.
Inflection
Declension of hrw (masculine u-stem)
singular


hrw
hárwuw
dual



hrwwj
harúwwaj
plural



hrw
harúww
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: hrw

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb


 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) calm, patient, at peace
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) satisfied, at peace, content (+ ḥr: with)
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) happy (+ ḥr: about)
  4. (intransitive, of words and objects) to be(come) pleasant, pleasing
Inflection
Conjugation of hrw (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: hr, geminated stem: hrr
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
hrt, hrj
hrw, hr
hrt, hrwt, hryt
hr
hr, hry
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
hr8, hrr8
ḥr hrt, ḥr hrj
m hrt, m hrj
r hrt, r hrj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect hr.n
consecutive hr.jn
terminative hrt, hryt
perfective3 hr
obligative1 hr.ḫr
imperfective hr, hry
prospective3 hrw, hr, hry
potentialis1 hr.kꜣ
subjunctive hr, hry
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect hr.n
perfective hrw1, hry, hr
hr
hry, hr
imperfective hrr, hrry, hrrw5
hrr, hrrj6, hrry6
hrr, hrrw5
prospective hrw1, hry, hr, hrtj7
hrwtj1 4, hrtj4, hrt4

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.
8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • hrw-jb
  • hrrt
Descendants
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲉⲣⲓ (heri)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲣⲣⲉ (hrre)

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 36, 56, 58
  2. ^ Berman, Lawrence M., Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, pages 137–138