Egyptian
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Etymology
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Prefixed with s-. The root is sometimes hypothesized to be from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *nuuk. Compare Akkadian 𒂊𒉈𒆪 (enēqu, “to suck”) and Hebrew יָנַק (“to suck”).
Pronunciation
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caus. 2-lit.
- (transitive) to suckle [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
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Conjugation of snq (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: snq
| 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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snqt, snq
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snqw, snq
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snqt
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snq
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snq
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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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snq
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ḥr snq
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m snq
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r snq
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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
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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snq.n
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snqw, snq
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consecutive
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snq.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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snqt
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| perfective3
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snq
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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snq.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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snq
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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snqw, snq, snqy
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snqw, snq, snqy
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potentialis1
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snq.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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snq
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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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snq.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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snq
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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snq
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snq, snqw5, snqy5
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| imperfective
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snq, snqy, snqw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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snq, snqj6, snqy6
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snq, snqw5
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| prospective
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snq, snqtj7
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—
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snqwtj1 4, snqtj4, snqt4
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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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Descendants
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- Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲱⲛⲕ (sōnk)
References
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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 290.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 174
