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

English

Noun

fn (plural fns)

  1. Abbreviation of footnote.
  2. Abbreviation of function.
  3. (informal, Internet slang, esports) Abbreviation of Fortnite.

Anagrams

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

f
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nDs

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) miserable or weak

Inflection

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
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect fn.n
consecutive fn.jn
terminative fnt
perfective3 fn
obligative1 fn.ḫr
imperfective fn, j.fn1
prospective3 fn
potentialis1 fn.kꜣ
subjunctive fn, j.fn1
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect fn.n
perfective fn
fn
fnn, fnnj6, fn2, fnw2 5, fny2 5
imperfective j.fn1, fn, fny, fnw5
j.fn1, j.fnw1 5, fn, fnj6, fny6
fn, fnw5
prospective fn, fntj7
fntj4, fnt4

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.

References

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

Gothic

Romanization

fn

  1. romanization of 𐍆𐌽