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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to gore with the horns
- (transitive) to stick or thrust (something) (+ m: into)
Inflection
Conjugation of ṯwn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ṯwn, geminated stem: ṯwnn
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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ṯwn
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ṯwnw, ṯwn
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ṯwnt
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ṯwn
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ṯwn
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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ṯwn
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ḥr ṯwn
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m ṯwn
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r ṯwn
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ṯwn.n
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ṯwnw, ṯwn
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consecutive
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ṯwn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ṯwnt
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| perfective3
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ṯwn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ṯwn.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ṯwn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ṯwn
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ṯwnn
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potentialis1
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ṯwn.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ṯwn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ṯwn.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ṯwn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ṯwn
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ṯwn, ṯwnw5, ṯwny5
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| imperfective
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ṯwn, ṯwny, ṯwnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ṯwn, ṯwnj6, ṯwny6
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ṯwn, ṯwnw5
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| prospective
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ṯwn, ṯwntj7
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—
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ṯwntj4, ṯwnt4
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- 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.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯwn
Derived terms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 359.11–359.12
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 304
