wn

See also: WN, Wn, wn', and .wn

English

wn

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of one.

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 

Verb
wnn
O31

 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to open
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.1–1.2:
      wnn
      O31      		 aXn
      n      		 S28ngrwA2A1
      wz
      x      		 W10Y1sttprn
      t      		 hrY1A1mmddwwA2
      wn ẖn n grw wsḫ st nt hr m mdww
      Open is the tent to the quiet one; broad is the place of the one calm in speech.
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 23:
      N31
      t Z1      		 z
      S
      Z9 D54      		 tiim&a T
      n
      nw      		 wZ2ss
      H_SPACE      		 wn
      O31
      wꜣt zš.tj mṯnw wn(.w)
      The road is traversable, the paths are open.
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 9:
      wn
      n      		 O31
      a      		 n
      N33A      		 n
      k      		 O31
      O31      		 mbntyw
      E35
      N33A
      wn.n n.k ꜥꜣwj m bntjw
      We open the double doors to you as baboons.
Inflection
Conjugation of wn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: wn, geminated stem: wnn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
wn
 wnw, wn
 wnt
 wn, j.wn
 wn, j.wn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
wn
 ḥr wn
 m wn
 r wn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect wn.n
 wnw, wn
 consecutive wn.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative wnt
perfective3 wn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 wn.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective wn, j.wn1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 wn
 wnn
 potentialis1 wn.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive wn, j.wn1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect wn.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective wn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 wn
 wnn, wnnj6, wn2, wnw2 5, wny2 5
imperfective j.wn1, wn, wny, wnw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 j.wn1, j.wnw1 5, wn, wnj6, wny6
 wn, wnw5
prospective wn, wntj7
 — wntj4, wnt4
  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 wn  
wn
n		 O31
D40
wn
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: wn

Pronunciation

Noun
wn
n		 nDs

 m

  1. fault, blame
Inflection
Declension of wn (masculine)
singular wn
dual wnwj
plural wnw

Pronunciation

Noun
wnZ1

 m

  1. desert hare

Pronoun
Wn
Z2

 pl 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. Late Egyptian variant of n (“we”)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 295, 298 page 169, 295, 298.
  • Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 77
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 16

Spanish

Adjective

wn (feminine wna, masculine plural wnes, feminine plural wnas) (abbreviation)

  1. (Chile, informal, Internet slang, text messaging) Contraction of huevón.

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʊn/

Verb

wn

  1. Soft mutation of gwn.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gwn wn ngwn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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