fn

See also: Fn, FN, fN, fn., f'n, and f.n.

English

Noun

fn (plural fns)

1. Abbreviation of footnote.
2. Abbreviation of function.
3. (informal, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of Fortnite.

Anagrams

• N. F., NF

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /fɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: fen

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) miserable or weak

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
fn	fnw, fn	fnt	fn, j.fn	fn, j.fn

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	fn.n	consecutive	fn.jn
terminative	fnt
perfective3	fn	obligative1	fn.ḫr
imperfective	fn, j.fn1
prospective3	fn	potentialis1	fn.kꜣ
subjunctive	fn, j.fn1

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	fn.n	—	—
perfective	fn	fn	fnn, fnnj6, fn2, fnw2 5, fny2 5
imperfective	j.fn1, fn, fny, fnw5	j.fn1, j.fnw1 5, fn, fnj6, fny6	fn, fnw5
prospective	fn, fntj7	fntj4, fnt4
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.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 100.

Gothic

Romanization

fn

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌽