s- (causative prefix) + ꜥnj (“to be beautiful”).
caus. 3ae inf. or caus. 2-lit.
- (transitive) to beautify
Conjugation of sꜥnj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sꜥn, geminated stem: sꜥnn
| 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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sꜥn.n
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sꜥnw, sꜥn, sꜥny
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consecutive
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sꜥn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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sꜥnt
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| perfective3
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sꜥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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sꜥn.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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sꜥn, sꜥny
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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sꜥnw, sꜥn, sꜥny
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sꜥnw, sꜥn, sꜥny
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potentialis1
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sꜥn.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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sꜥn, sꜥny
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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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sꜥn.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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sꜥnw1, sꜥny, sꜥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sꜥn
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sꜥny, sꜥn
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| imperfective
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sꜥnn, sꜥnny, sꜥnnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sꜥnn, sꜥnnj6, sꜥnny6
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sꜥnn, sꜥnnw5
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| prospective
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sꜥnw1, sꜥny, sꜥn, sꜥntj7
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—
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sꜥnwtj1 4, sꜥntj4, sꜥnt4
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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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Allen instead considers this a causative biliteral:
Conjugation of sꜥn (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: sꜥn
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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sꜥnt, sꜥn
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sꜥnw, sꜥn
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sꜥnt
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sꜥn
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sꜥn
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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sꜥn
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ḥr sꜥn
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m sꜥn
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r sꜥn
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| 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
|
active
|
passive
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| perfect
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sꜥn.n
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sꜥnw, sꜥn
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consecutive
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sꜥn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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sꜥnt
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| perfective3
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sꜥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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sꜥn.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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sꜥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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sꜥnw, sꜥn, sꜥny
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sꜥnw, sꜥn, sꜥny
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potentialis1
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sꜥn.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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sꜥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
|
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
|
| active
|
passive
|
active
|
passive
|
| perfect
|
sꜥn.n
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
—
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—
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| perfective
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sꜥn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sꜥn
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sꜥn, sꜥnw5, sꜥny5
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| imperfective
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sꜥn, sꜥny, sꜥnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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sꜥn, sꜥnj6, sꜥny6
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sꜥn, sꜥnw5
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| prospective
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sꜥn, sꜥntj7
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—
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sꜥnwtj1 4, sꜥntj4, sꜥnt4
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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 357.
