mn

See also: .mn, MN, Mn, mN, m'n, and m.n.

Translingual

Symbol

mn

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Mongolian.

English

Numeral

mn

  1. (chiefly Britain, Commonwealth except Canada, Ireland) Abbreviation of million.
Alternative forms
Coordinate terms
  • bn (billion)
  • tn (trillion)

Verb

mn

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of mean.
    • 2008 January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 80:
      Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?

Adverb

mn (not comparable)

  1. (Philippines) Alternative form of MN (“midnight”).

Anagrams

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 

Verb
mn
n
Y1

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) established, to be(come) fixed or set
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 22–23:
      t F7
      Htp      		 n
      s      		 stt pr
      z      		 f
      Aw      		 wmn
      n
      Y1      		 r
      h p      		 wY1
      Z2
      f
      šfyt ḥtp.n.s st.s fꜣw mn(.w) r hpw.f
      Dignity, it has taken its seat, and magnificence is established according to his laws.
  2. (intransitive) to stick, to remain, to endure
Inflection
Conjugation of mn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: mn, geminated stem: mnn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
mn
 mnw, mn
 mnt
 mn, j.mn
 mn, j.mn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
mn
 ḥr mn
 m mn
 r mn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect mn.n
 consecutive mn.jn
terminative mnt
perfective3 mn
 obligative1 mn.ḫr
imperfective mn, j.mn1
prospective3 mn
 potentialis1 mn.kꜣ
subjunctive mn, j.mn1
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect mn.n
 — —
perfective mn
 mn
 mnn, mnnj6, mn2, mnw2 5, mny2 5
imperfective j.mn1, mn, mny, mnw5
 j.mn1, j.mnw1 5, mn, mnj6, mny6
 mn, mnw5
prospective mn, mntj7
 mntj4, mnt4
  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.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mn  
mn
n
mn
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲛ (moun)

Pronunciation

Noun
mn
n
Y1

 m

  1. substitute for an unknown male name; so-and-so, N.N. [since the Pyramid Texts]
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mn  
mn
n
mn
[Old Kingdom]
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛ (man)

Pronunciation

Verb
mn
n		 nDs

 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to suffer because of
  2. (transitive) to feel pain in (a body part)
  3. (reflexive) to suffer
Inflection
Conjugation of mn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: mn, geminated stem: mnn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
mn
 mnw, mn
 mnt
 mn, j.mn
 mn, j.mn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
mn
 ḥr mn
 m mn
 r mn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect mn.n
 mnw, mn
 consecutive mn.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative mnt
perfective3 mn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 mn.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective mn, j.mn1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 mn
 mnn
 potentialis1 mn.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive mn, j.mn1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect mn.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective mn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 mn
 mnn, mnnj6, mn2, mnw2 5, mny2 5
imperfective j.mn1, mn, mny, mnw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 j.mn1, j.mnw1 5, mn, mnj6, mny6
 mn, mnw5
prospective mn, mntj7
 — mntj4, mnt4
  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.
Derived terms

References
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36, 53
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