s- (causative prefix) + ṯnj (“to elevate, to be distinguished”).
caus. 3ae inf.
- (transitive) to distinguish, to elevate, to crown
Conjugation of sṯnj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sṯn, geminated stem: sṯnn
suffix conjugation
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aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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perfect
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sṯn.n
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sṯnw, sṯn, sṯny
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consecutive
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sṯn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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terminative
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sṯnt
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perfective3
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sṯn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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sṯn.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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imperfective
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sṯn, sṯny
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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prospective3
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sṯnw, sṯn, sṯny
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sṯnw, sṯn, sṯny
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potentialis1
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sṯn.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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subjunctive
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sṯn, sṯny
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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verbal adjectives
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aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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active
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passive
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active
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passive
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perfect
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sṯn.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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perfective
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sṯnw1, sṯny, sṯn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sṯn
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sṯny, sṯn
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imperfective
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sṯnn, sṯnny, sṯnnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sṯnn, sṯnnj6, sṯnny6
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sṯnn, sṯnnw5
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prospective
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sṯnw1, sṯny, sṯn, sṯntj7
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—
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sṯnwtj1 4, sṯntj4, sṯnt4
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- 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.
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- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 208.