n

See also: ո, ռ, ⁿ, and Appendix:Variations of "n"

n	U+006E, n LATIN SMALL LETTER N

← m
[U+006D]

Basic Latin

o →
[U+006F]

ⁿ	U+207F, ⁿ SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER N

← ⁾
[U+207E]

Superscripts and Subscripts

₀ →
[U+2080]

ｎ	U+FF4E, ｎ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER N

← ｍ
[U+FF4D]

Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms

ｏ →
[U+FF4F]

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

From the old Latin N, from the Greek Ν (nu), from an archaic reversed Greek N, from the Phoenician symbol 𐤍; possibly from an earlier Egyptian hieroglyph of a resting Egyptian cobra,

(𓆓).

Letter edit

n (upper case N)

The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
in Romanization:
1. of the Hebrew נ \ ן (“nun”, “nūn”) in the Common Israeli, Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006), and ISO 259 transliteration schemes
2. of the Hebrew נּ (“nun”, “nūn ḥāzāq”) in the Common Israeli transliteration scheme

Synonyms edit

(Romanization of נּ, “nun”, “nūn ḥāzāq”): nn (in the Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006) and ISO 259 transliteration schemes)

Related terms edit

Ŋ (eng)
Ν (nu)
Н (en)

Pronunciation edit

IPA (file)

Symbol edit

n

(IPA) voiced alveolar nasal.
(superscript ⟨ⁿ⟩) nasal release (of any articulation), prenasalization, [n]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [n] – see also ⁿ.
(statistics) Sample size.
(physics) neutron
(mathematics) An arbitrary natural number.

Gallery edit

Letter styles
Uppercase and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛn/
- Audio (US) (file)
- Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛn
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/

Letter edit

n (lower case, upper case N, plural ns or n's)

The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

Number edit

n (lower case, upper case N)

The ordinal number fourteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Abbreviations.

Noun edit

n

Abbreviation of north.
Alternative forms: n., N
(grammar) Abbreviation of noun.
Alternative form: n.
(organic chemistry) normal
Neutral
No

Translations edit

north — see also north

Hungarian: É (hu)
Russian: С (ru) m (S)

noun — see also noun

Hungarian: fn.
Russian: сущ. (ru) n (sušč.)

neutral — see also neutral

no — see also no

Adjective edit

n

(grammar) Abbreviation of neuter (gender).
Alternative form: n.

Translations edit

neuter — see also neuter

Hungarian: sn.
Russian: ср. (ru) m (sr.), ср. род m (sr. rod)

Conjunction edit

n

Contraction of and; chiefly used in set phrases.
Alternative form: 'n'

rock n roll

Etymology 3 edit

Abbreviations.

n

(stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɛn/.
(stenoscript) Abbreviation of in.
(stenoscript) Abbreviation of no, inflections none, nor, not, neither, and homophone know.

Aromanian edit

Preposition edit

n

Alternative form of ãn

Azerbaijani edit

Pronunciation edit

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter edit

n lower case (upper case N)

The twentieth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Bambara edit

Pronoun edit

n

I

Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ene/, [e̞.ne̞]

Letter edit

n (lower case, upper case N)

The fourteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ene and written in the Latin script.

Chinese edit

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēn (en¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): en¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: en
  - Wade–Giles: ên¹
  - Yale: ēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: en
  - Palladius: энь (enʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: en¹
  - Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Cantonese Pinyin: en¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵/

Numeral edit

n

Alternative spelling of N

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛn
(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Letter edit

n (lower case, upper case N)

The fourteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Egyptian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵏ (n, “of”) and Proto-Semitic *lV-, whence Hebrew to, for, of (lə-) and Arabic لِـ (li-, “to, for, belonging to”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ni/ → /ni/ → /ne/^[2]

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: en

Preposition edit

to, for (dative)
in the direction of, towards
(of time) for, until
because of
used idiomatically with certain verbs

Inflection edit

Adverbial forms of n

nj

n

Alternative forms edit

Before a noun it can be written thus:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of n

nj

This should not be confused with the negative particle, which is written identically.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: en

Adjective edit

Abbreviation of nj (“of, belonging to (genitival adjective)”).

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: en

Pronoun edit

pl 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

we, us (see usage notes)

Usage notes edit

This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:

When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
When it follows an imperative, it indicates the subject or the object of the verb.
When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.

Inflection edit

Old Egyptian personal pronouns

	number	first person	second person		third person
	number	first person	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
suffix pronouns	singular	∅, .j	.k, .kj¹	.ṯ, .ṯn	.f, .fj¹	.s, .sj¹
	dual	.nj	.ṯnj		.snj
	plural	.n	.ṯn		.sn

enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns	singular	w, wj, wy	kw, k, ṯw, ṯ	ṯm, ṯn	sw, s	s
	dual	—	ṯnj		snj
	plural	n	ṯn		sn

stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	singular	jnk	ṯwt	ṯmt	swt	stt
	dual	—	—		ntsnj
	plural	—	ntṯn		ntsn, jntsn

stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings	singular	.kj, .k	.tj, .t		∅, .j	.tj, .t
	dual	—	.tjwn		.wy, .wj	.ty
	plural	.wn, .nw	.tjwn		∅, .w, .y, .wy	.tj, .t
Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.

Middle Egyptian personal pronouns

	number	first person	second person		third person
	number	first person	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
suffix pronouns	singular	∅, .j	.k, .kj¹	.ṯ, .t	.f, .fj¹	.s, .sj¹
	dual²	.nj	.ṯnj, .tnj		.snj
	plural	.n	.ṯn, .tn		.sn, .w³

enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns	singular	wj, w	ṯw, tw	ṯn, tn	sw, st	sj, s, st
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns	plural	n	ṯn, tn		sn, st

stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	singular	jnk	ntk, ṯwt²	ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt²	ntf, swt²	nts, swt²
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	plural	jnn³	ntṯn, nttn		ntsn

stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings	singular	.kw	.tj, .t, .tw³		∅, .w	.tj, .t, .tw³
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings	plural	.wn, .wjn	.tjwn, .tjwnj		∅, .w, .y

proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns³	singular	tw.j	tw.k	tw.t	sw	sj, st
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns³	plural	tw.n	tw.tn		st
Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts. Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.

Late Egyptian personal pronouns

	number	first person	second person		third person
	number	first person	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
suffix pronouns	singular	∅, .j	.k, .kw	.t	.f, .fj	.s, .st, .sw
suffix pronouns	plural	.n	.tn, .twn		.w, .sn¹

enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns¹	singular	wj	tw, tj		sw, st
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns¹	plural	n, wn	twn		sn, st

stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	singular	jnk	mntk, mtwk	mntt, mtwy	mntf	mntst, mntjst
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	plural	jnn	mnttn		mntw

stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings¹	singular	.kw, .k	.tj, .tw		∅, .w, .y	.tj, .tw
	plural	.nw	.tn		∅, .w, .y
	unmarked (later)	∅, .tw

proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns	singular	tw.j	tw.k	tw.t	sw	st, sw
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns	plural	tw.n	tw.tn		st, sw, swt
Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.

Alternative forms edit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of n

n

wn

[Late Egyptian]

References edit

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 43, 51, 86–87, 90–91, 117–118, 127.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 124
Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 77

^ Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 15
^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47

Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

(letter name): IPA^(key): /no/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/
Audio (file)

Letter edit

n (lower case, upper case N)

The eighteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called no and written in the Latin script.

Estonian edit

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

n

Wikipedia ^et

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈenː/

Letter edit

n (lower case, upper case N)

The fourteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called enn and written in the Latin script.

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /n/

Letter edit

n (upper case N)

The sixteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.