fn

See also: Fn, FN, fN, fn., f'n, and f.n.

English

fn (plural fns)

2-lit.

Conjugation of fn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: fn, geminated stem: fnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
fn	fnw, fn	fnt	fn, j.fn	fn, j.fn

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	fn.n	—	—
perfective	fn	fn	fnn, fnnj⁶, fn², fnw^{2 5}, fny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.fn¹, fn, fny, fnw⁵	j.fn¹, j.fnw^{1 5}, fn, fnj⁶, fny⁶	fn, fnw⁵
prospective	fn, fntj⁷	fntj⁴, fnt⁴
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.

James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 100.

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