Wiktionary

sn

See also: Sn, SN, s.n., .sn, s'n, s/n, S/N, and šn

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

sn

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Shona.
  2. (mathematics) elliptic sine

English edit

Noun edit

sn

  1. (Internet) Abbreviation of screenname.

Anagrams edit

Abinomn edit

Noun edit

sn

  1. (anatomy) liver

Demotic edit

Etymology edit

From Egyptian
snn&A1
(sn).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Bohairic, Sahidic) IPA(key): /son/
  • (Akhmimic, Fayyumic) IPA(key): /san/

Noun edit

 ⁠  m

  1. brother

Descendants edit

  • Coptic: ⲥⲟⲛ (son) (Sahidic, Bohairic), ⲥⲁⲛ (san) (Fayyumic, Akhmimic)

References edit

  • Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, pages 435–436

Egyptian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Related to snwj (“two”). Compare with Migaama sin and Blin šan.[1]

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

snn&A1

 m

  1. brother
  2. (by extension) any closely related male family member, such as a cousin, uncle, or nephew
  3. male lover or suitor
  4. husband
  5. (usually in the plural) a person of equal status who belongs to the same group or shares common characteristics; fellow
  6. coworker, colleague
  7. one of two opposing disputants in court, litigant
Inflection edit
Declension of sn (masculine)
singular sn
dual snwj
plural snw
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronoun edit

sn
Z2

 pl 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. they, them (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
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
 ∅, .w, .y, .wy
 .tj, .t
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
Middle Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third 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
plural n
 ṯn, tn
 sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 ntk, ṯwt2
 ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2
 ntf, swt2
 nts, swt2
plural jnn3
 ntṯn, nttn
 ntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kw
 .tj, .t, .tw3
 ∅, .w
 .tj, .t, .tw3
plural .wn, .wjn
 .tjwn, .tjwnj
 ∅, .w, .y
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3 singular tw.j
 tw.k
 tw.t
 sw
 sj, st
plural tw.n
 tw.tn
 st
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
  2. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
  3. Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.
Late Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kw
 .t
 .f, .fj
 .s, .st, .sw
plural .n
 .tn, .twn
 .w, .sn1
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1 singular wj
 tw, tj
 sw, st
plural n, wn
 twn
 sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 mntk, mtwk
 mntt, mtwy
 mntf
 mntst, mntjst
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
plural tw.n
 tw.tn
 st, sw, swt
  1. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sn  
z
n
Z2
s
n
z

n
sn sn sn

Etymology 3 edit

Compare with Hausa sansana (“to smell”).

Verb edit

snn
D19

 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to kiss
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 132–134:
      irq
      n      		 A24n
      k      		 rwDA24ib Z1
      k      		 mH
      Y2      		 kq
      n      		 iD32kmXrdA1 B1
      Z2      		 k
      snfnDA2kN42tB1kU2
      ir      		 AkprZ1k
      jr qn{n}.k rwḏ jb.k mḥ.k qnj.k m ẖrdw.k sn.k ḥmt.k mꜣ.k pr.k
      If you are stalwart, with your mind firm, you will fill your embrace with your children, you will kiss your wife, and you will see your home.
  2. (transitive) to smell
Inflection edit
Conjugation of sn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: sn, geminated stem: snn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
sn
 snw, sn
 snt
 sn, j.sn
 sn, j.sn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
sn
 ḥr sn
 m sn
 r sn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect sn.n
 snw, sn
 consecutive sn.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative snt
perfective3 sn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 sn.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective sn, j.sn1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 sn
 snn
 potentialis1 sn.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive sn, j.sn1
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect sn.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective sn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 sn
 snn, snnj6, sn2, snw2 5, sny2 5
imperfective j.sn1, sn, sny, snw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 j.sn1, j.snw1 5, sn, snj6, sny6
 sn, snw5
prospective sn, sntj7
 — sntj4, snt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
Derived terms edit

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, page 51.
  • Revez, J. (2003) “The Metaphorical Use of the Kinship Term sn ‘Brother’”, in Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, volume 40, pages 123–131
  1. ^ https://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/query.cgi?basename=\data\semham\afaset
  2. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 46, 53, 55

Italian edit

Verb edit

sn

  1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of sono.

Swedish edit

Noun edit

sn c

  1. Abbreviation of socken (“parish”).
    Piteå sn
    parish of Piteå

See also edit

Anagrams edit

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