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Egyptian
Etymology
Reduplication of sn (“to kiss, to smell”).
Pronunciation
Verb
4-lit.
- (transitive) to fraternize with
c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 13:
- wrrt.f dm.n.s ḥrt snsn.n.s sbꜣw
- His White Crown, it has pierced the sky, it has fraternized with the stars.
Inflection
Conjugation of snsn (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: snsn
| 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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snsn
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snsnw, snsn
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snsnt
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snsn
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snsn
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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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snsn
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ḥr snsn
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m snsn
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r snsn
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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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snsn.n
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snsnw, snsn
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consecutive
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snsn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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snsnt
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| perfective3
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snsn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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snsn.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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snsn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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snsnw, snsn
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snsnw, snsn
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potentialis1
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snsn.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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snsn
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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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snsn.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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snsn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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snsn
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snsn, snsnw5, snsny5
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| imperfective
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snsn, snsny, snsnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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snsn, snsnj6, snsny6
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snsn, snsnw5
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| prospective
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snsn, snsntj7
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—
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snsnwtj1 4, snsntj4, snsnt4
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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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References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 156.
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53
