jnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈjiːnit/ → /ˈjiːniʔ/ → /ˈʔiːna/ → /ˈʔiːnə/

Verb
ini&n

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to bring, to get, to fetch
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 140–142:
      a&A1 inin
      t      		 n
      k      		 ibE8iN33C
      Z2ss      		 Hk
      n      		 nwWN33C
      Z2ss      		 D54wd
      n      		 bN33C
      Z2ss      		 X
      z      		 AiitN33C
      Z2ss
      snn
      t      		 rtrN33C
      Z2ss      		 nAa16 Z1
      Z2      		 prZ2sssHtp
      t      		 pwY2nTrZ1nbimf
      dj.j jn.t(w) n.k jbj ḥknw jwdnb ẖsꜣyt sntr n(j) gsw prw sḥtpw nṯr nb jm.f
      I will have them bring you laudanum, ḥknw-oil, jwdnb-incense, cassia, and the incense of the temple storerooms, with which every god is made content.
  2. (transitive) to acquire, to get
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 174–175:
      aHaa
      n      		 aqqD54kwA1HrZ1I3I3G7
      m&a O35n&A1 n
      f      		 iniN33C
      Z2ss      		 p
      n      		 inin
      n      		 A1mXnn
      nw      		 Wpr
      n      		 N18
      N23 Z1      		 p
      n
      ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) ꜥq.kw ḥr jtj mz.n.j n.f jnw pn jn.n.j m ẖnw n(j) jw pn
      Then I entered before the sovereign and presented him with those gifts (literally, “this getting”) that I had gotten within that island.
  3. (transitive) to attain (a goal)
  4. (transitive with m) to have recourse to, to turn to
Inflection
Conjugation of jnj (irregular third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: jn, geminated stem: jnn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
jnt, jnj
 jnw, jn
 jnt, jnwt, jnyt
 jn
 jn, jny
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
jn8, jnn8
 ḥr jnt, ḥr jnj
 m jnt, m jnj
 r jnt, r jnj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect jn.n
 jnw, jn, jny
 consecutive jn.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative jnt, jnyt
perfective3 jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 jn.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective jn, jny
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 jnw, jn, jny
 jnw, jn, jny
 potentialis1 jn.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive jnt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect jn.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective jnw1, jny, jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 jn
 jny, jn
imperfective jnn, jnny, jnnw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 jnn, jnnj6, jnny6
 jnn, jnnw5
prospective jnw1, jny, jn, jntj7
 — jnwtj1 4, jntj4, jnt4
  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.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: jn

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Like many fifth-dynasty pharaohs’ birth names, this name may simply be a diminutive without any meaning of its own, perhaps of the pharaoh’s throne name n-wsr-rꜥ (in which case it may not be the actual name given at birth). Alternatively, some have tentatively attempted to explain it with various meanings, such as ‘the delayed one’ or ‘the (one with the bushy?) eyebrows’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun
in
n		 i

 m

  1. A given name of historical usage, notably borne by Nyuserre Ini, a pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnj  
in
n		 ii
jny

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 180, 189, 228, 250, 267–268, 456.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 83, 146
  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 40
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 55, 182
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