bns

See also: bnš and BNS

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɛnɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: benes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to pierce, to gore

Inflection

Conjugation of bns (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: bns, geminated stem: bnss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
bns	bnsw, bns	bnst	bns	bns

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
bns	ḥr bns	m bns	r bns

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	bns.n	bnsw, bns	consecutive	bns.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	bnst
perfective3	bns	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	bns.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	bns	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	bns	bnss	potentialis1	bns.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	bns	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	bns.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	bns	active + .tj1, .tw2	bns	bns, bnsw5, bnsy5
imperfective	bns, bnsy, bnsw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	bns, bnsj6, bnsy6	bns, bnsw5
prospective	bns, bnstj7	—	bnstj4, bnst4
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.

Related terms

• bsnt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 464

Spanish

Adjective

bns m pl or f pl

1. plural of bn