snḫn

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb
sn
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n		 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[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 315.
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