zḫn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛxɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: zekhen

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to happen by chance

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
zḫn	zḫnw, zḫn	zḫnt	zḫn	zḫn

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	zḫn.n	consecutive	zḫn.jn
terminative	zḫnt
perfective3	zḫn	obligative1	zḫn.ḫr
imperfective	zḫn
prospective3	zḫn	potentialis1	zḫn.kꜣ
subjunctive	zḫn

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	zḫn.n	—	—
perfective	zḫn	zḫn	zḫn, zḫnw5, zḫny5
imperfective	zḫn, zḫny, zḫnw5	zḫn, zḫnj6, zḫny6	zḫn, zḫnw5
prospective	zḫn, zḫntj7	zḫntj4, zḫnt4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zḫn  

zḫnw	sḫnw	zḫnw

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲥ̄ⲛⲉ (šs̄ne)

Noun

 m

1. chance occurrence

Inflection

Declension of zḫn (masculine)

singular	zḫn
dual	zḫnwj
plural	zḫnw

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

Noun

 m

1. An internal organ or tissue of an animal eaten as food. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. kidney fat

Inflection

Declension of zḫn (masculine)

singular	zḫn
dual	zḫnwj
plural	zḫnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zḫn  

zḫn	zḫnw

Noun

 m

1. (usually in the dual) float made of tied-together reeds [Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of zḫn (masculine)

singular	zḫn
dual	zḫnwj
plural	zḫnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zḫn  

zḫnw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 469.19–470.6, 470.14, 471.3–471.8
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 241