wnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive or reflexive, usually in the imperative) to rush, to hurry
  2. (transitive or intransitive with ḥr) to pass by
  3. (transitive) to ignore, to take no heed of (evil, speech, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to neglect or dismiss (a person)

Inflection
Conjugation of wnj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: wn, geminated stem: wnn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wnt, wnj
 wnw, wn
 wnt, wnwt, wnyt
 wn
 wn, wny
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wn8, wnn8
 ḥr wnt, ḥr wnj
 m wnt, m wnj
 r wnt, r wnj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect wn.n
 wnw, wn, wny
 consecutive wn.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative wnt, wnyt
perfective3 wn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative wn.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective wn, wny
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 wnw, wn, wny
 wnw, wn, wny
 potentialis wn.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive wn, wny
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect wn.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective wnw1, wny, wn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wn
 wny, wn
imperfective wnn, wnny, wnnw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wnn, wnnj6, wnny6
 wnn, wnnw5
prospective wnw1, wny, wn, wntj7
 — wnwtj1 4, wntj4, wnt4
  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, 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
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wnj  
wnj
[New Kingdom]

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, ISBN 3050022647, page 313.10–314.6
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, ISBN 0-900416-32-7, page 61
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