smn

smn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Inari Sámi.

s- (causative prefix) +‎ mn (“to be established, to remain”).

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: semen

 caus. 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to establish, to fix, to set
   1. (transitive) to set up, to fix, to set firmly in place (a throne, a crown, a person, ornaments) (+ n: for (someone); + ḥr: on)
   2. (transitive) to set up, to lastingly establish (something abstract: borders, laws, righteousness, festivals, someone’s rank, etc.)
      • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 23–24:

        smn mꜣꜥt n nb.s rdjw sꜣ r jsft

        Righteousness has been established for its possessor, and the back is turned on wrong.

   3. (transitive) to finish creating, to establish, to make fast (the sky or earth)
   4. (transitive) to erect, to establish, to build (a building, part of a building, monument, or stela) (+ ḥr, m, or r: at (a place))
   5. (transitive) to reattach (severed body parts)
   6. (transitive) to fortify (the heart/mind), to make firm, steadfast, unwavering, stouthearted, especially in battle
      • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.5–1.6:

        
        

        jw jkn n(j) mw ꜥḫm.f jbt jw mḥ{t}⟨w⟩ r(ꜣ) m šww smn.f jb

        For a cup of water quenches thirst, for a mouthful of šww-herbs makes the heart firm.

   7. (transitive) to make (one’s legs or feet) steadfast or firm of step
   8. (transitive) to tighten (a knot), to secure (a rope)
   9. (transitive) to set (a person) upright, on one's feet (as opposed to lying down, inverted, etc.)
   10. (transitive) to appoint (a person) (+ m: to (an office))
2. (transitive) to make endure, stay, remain (+ ḥr: upon (a place))
3. (transitive) to immortalize in writing, to write down with the intention of preserving
4. (transitive) to bring (a land) into order
5. (reflexive) to settle or fix oneself in place, to plant oneself (+ m: in (something); + r ḥꜣt: in front of (someone); + r: against (someone))
6. (reflexive, imperative) hold position, stand fast
7. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to stand still, to not move
8. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to hold position in battle (+ r ḥꜣt: in the face of; + ḥr: on (the battlefield))
9. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to halt, to stop moving
10. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to stick, to stay, to remain fixed, to endure
11. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to dwell, to stay in a place
12. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to be found at a place

The infinitive of this verb is treated as feminine.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smn  

smn	smn	smn	smn	smn
			in hieratic	rare

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲙⲓⲛⲉ (smine)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲉⲙⲛⲓ (semni)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲉⲙⲛⲓ (semni), ⲥⲙⲓⲛⲓ (smini)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲙⲛⲛⲉ (smnne)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲙⲓⲛⲉ (smine)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: semen

 m

1. a kind of goose

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲙⲟⲩⲛⲉ (smoune)

• “smn (lemma ID 851677)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• “smn (lemma ID 135180)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 131–134.22, 136.2–136.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 228
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 157, 210.