3-lit.
- (transitive) to offer for sale
- (transitive, Late Egyptian) to buy
Conjugation of swn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: swn, geminated stem: swnn
| 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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swn
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swnw, swn
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swnt
|
swn
|
swn
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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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swn
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ḥr swn
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m swn
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r swn
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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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swn.n
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swnw, swn
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consecutive
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swn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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swnt
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| perfective3
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swn
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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swn.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
|
swn
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
|
swn
|
swnn
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potentialis1
|
swn.kꜣ
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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swn
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
|
| aspect / mood
|
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
|
| active
|
passive
|
active
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passive
|
| perfect
|
swn.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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swn
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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swn
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swn, swnw5, swny5
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| imperfective
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swn, swny, swnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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swn, swnj6, swny6
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swn, swnw5
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| prospective
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swn, swntj7
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—
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swntj4, swnt4
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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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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of swn
s- (causative prefix) + wn (“to open”).
caus. 2-lit.
- (transitive) to open
Conjugation of swn (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: swn
| infinitival forms
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imperative
|
| infinitive
|
negatival complement
|
complementary infinitive1
|
singular
|
plural
|
swnt, swn
|
swnw, swn
|
swnt
|
swn
|
swn
|
| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
|
| stative stem
|
periphrastic imperfective2
|
periphrastic prospective2
|
swn
|
ḥr swn
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m swn
|
r swn
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| suffix conjugation
|
| aspect / mood
|
active
|
passive
|
contingent
|
| aspect / mood
|
active
|
passive
|
| perfect
|
swn.n
|
swnw, swn
|
consecutive
|
swn.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
|
swnt
|
| perfective3
|
swn
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
obligative1
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swn.ḫr
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
|
swn
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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swnw, swn, swny
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swnw, swn, swny
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potentialis1
|
swn.kꜣ
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
|
swn
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
| verbal adjectives
|
| aspect / mood
|
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
|
participles
|
| active
|
passive
|
active
|
passive
|
| perfect
|
swn.n
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
—
|
—
|
| perfective
|
swn
|
active + .tj1, .tw2
|
swn
|
swn, swnw5, swny5
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| imperfective
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swn, swny, swnw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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swn, swnj6, swny6
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swn, swnw5
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| prospective
|
swn, swntj7
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—
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swnwtj1 4, swntj4, swnt4
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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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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of swn
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 68.1–68.2, 68.16–68.17
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 216–217
