dn

See also: DN, dN, and d—n

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: den

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to sever, cut off
   • c. 1450 BC, The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III: Part I, Cairo Museum 34010:

     dn.s tpw ꜥꜣmw

     […] it severs the heads of the Asiatics.

Inflection

Conjugation of dn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dn, geminated stem: dnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
dn	dnw, dn	dnt	dn, j.dn	dn, j.dn

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	dn.n	dnw, dn	consecutive	dn.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	dnt
perfective3	dn	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	dn.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	dn, j.dn1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	dn	dnn	potentialis1	dn.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	dn, j.dn1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	dn.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	dn	active + .tj1, .tw2	dn	dnn, dnnj6, dn2, dnw2 5, dny2 5
imperfective	j.dn1, dn, dny, dnw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.dn1, j.dnw1 5, dn, dnj6, dny6	dn, dnw5
prospective	dn, dntj7	—	dntj4, dnt4
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.

Proper noun

 m

1. A serekh name notably borne by Den, a pharaoh of the First Dynasty, literally ‘The Severer (of Heads)’.

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN:

  Horus: dn (den), The Severer (of heads) […] The king’s name has been read a number of different ways, the most common of which are Dewen (“He who spreads [his (falcon’s) wings]”) or Udimu (“He who pours water”). For other variants, see Godron (1990, 11-17), who rightly opts for the reading Den, which he renders as “The slaughterer.”