snḫn

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Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ nḫn (to be a child).

Pronunciation

Verb

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Xrd

 caus. 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to rear (a child)

Inflection

Conjugation of snḫn (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: snḫn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
snḫn
snḫnw, snḫn
snḫnt
snḫn
snḫn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
snḫn
ḥr snḫn
m snḫn
r snḫn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect snḫn.n
snḫnw, snḫn
consecutive snḫn.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative snḫnt
perfective3 snḫn
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 snḫn.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective snḫn
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 snḫnw, snḫn, snḫny
snḫnw, snḫn, snḫny
potentialis1 snḫn.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive snḫn
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect snḫn.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective snḫn
active + .tj1, .tw2
snḫn
snḫn, snḫnw5, snḫny5
imperfective snḫn, snḫny, snḫnw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
snḫn, snḫnj6, snḫny6
snḫn, snḫnw5
prospective snḫn, snḫntj7
snḫnwtj1 4, snḫntj4, snḫnt4

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 315.